Ben Branch April 7, 2021

This is an original 1945 North American P-51D Mustang, it’s been comprehensively restored and it now has just 88 hours of air time since completed. The asking price of $2,250,000 USD will put it out…
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Ben Branch March 28, 2021

The Riddle of the Stinson is a dramatic retelling of the story of the 1937 Airlines of Australia Stinson crash at Lamington in Queensland and the amazing rescue effort launched by one man – local…
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Ben Branch March 23, 2021

This is a rare original Model 90-5F LeBlond radial aircraft engine from Ken Royce, it’s capable of 90 hp in operating condition, and it has five cylinders with a total displacement of 266 cubic inches…
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Ben Branch February 14, 2021

Deck Landing is a World War II era instructional film designed to help new pilots landing on Britain’s vitally important aircraft carriers. The systems used back in 1942 are startlingly similar to modern aircraft carriers,…
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Ben Branch January 31, 2021

Rise Like The Phoenix is a fascinating 1990s-era documentary about a mission to recover six P-51 Mustang fighter planes from a nuclear test site in the Australian desert called Emu Field.
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Ben Branch December 11, 2020

The Boeing Stearman Model 75 was the most prolific American biplane trainer aircraft of the Second World War, over 10,000 were built and they were the first aircraft flown by many of America’s WWII…
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Ben Branch November 19, 2020

This 1944 North American P-51D Mustang is currently for sale, it’s in the midst of a full restoration – once complete it will be powered by a correct Packard V-1650-9 V12 producing 1,315 hp,…
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Ben Branch October 8, 2020

This table was made using three damaged propellers from a North American T-28 Trojan – they were almost certainly damaged from a belly landing that caused the spinning propellers to be bent backwards by contact…
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Ben Branch October 4, 2020

This is a 1940 Royal Navy instructional film about the safe operation of ship-based catapults for launching aircraft like the Supermarine Walrus. The film does an excellent job of showing and explaining each step…
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Ben Branch September 30, 2020

This is the Airfix “Quickbuild Kit” of the legendary Supermarine Walrus, an amphibious biplane that first flew in 1935 and would save the lives of countless aircrews that had ditched in the English Channel…
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Ben Branch September 5, 2020

The story of the WWII-era Radioplanes can’t be told without mentioning that it was in the Radioplane factory that Marilyn Monroe was discovered, thanks in part to future US President Ronald Reagan who was then…
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Ben Branch August 29, 2020

This 1:16 scale Sopwith Camel model kit by Hasegawa has breathtaking detail throughout, it’s been designed to be displayed uncovered with no fabric over the wings or fuselage to showcase the intricacy of the…
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