PHOTOS 4


	RED STAR AVIATION


	EXCLUSIVE AUSTRALASIAN AGENT FOR


	*" THE YAK FACTORY "*


	*IN PARTNERSHIP WITH*


	& *M-14P INCORPORATED*




		*"THE ENGINE FACTORY"*


	*PHOTOS 4*


	*NANCHANGS, SUKHOIS, WILGAS & HELICOPTERS*


	*NANCHANGS*


	A FANTASTIC FORMATION OF NANCHANG CJ-6As FROM THE USofA. THE QUALITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE NANCHANGS THAT HAS BEEN ATTAINED BY THESE OWNERS IS TO BE APPLAUDED


		THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD DESCRIBE AS AN UGLY DUCKLING, BUT THE UGLY DUCKLING DID EVENTUALLY BECOME THE BEAUTIFUL SWAN .

	G-BVFW CAME TO AUSTRALIA FROM ENGLAND AND AFTER A MAKE OVER AT RED STAR AVIATION BECAME VH-CJA OF THE 88TH WARBIRD ADVENTURE SQUADRON.


	VH-CPX WAS LIKE A BIG GREEN CUCUMBER WHEN WE GOT HER, BUT ANOTHER MAKE OVER BY LINDSAY AT RED STAR AVIATION PRODUCED "MAIDEN CHINA" A 360 HP CJ-6A

CAN YOU MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOWS EAR? WELL, YES YOU CAN

OUR GREATEST CHALLENGE


	A PICTURE MAY TELL A THOUSAND WORDS , BUT DOES IT TELL THE THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS ONE PUTS INTO RESTORING AN AIRCRAFT. VH-CJX WAS THE UGLY DUCKLINGS UGLY STEP SISTER WHEN IT'S PROUD NEW OWNER BROUGHT IT TO LINDSAY AT RED STAR AVIATION. HE CRAWLED OVER,UNDER AND IN IT AND SAID YEP, I THINK I CAN FIX IT. SO AFTER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ( AT TIMES 15 HOURS A DAY) FOR SEVEN MONTHS VH-CJX FINALLY EMERGED AFTER MAJOR COSMETIC SURGERY AND A HEART TRANSPLANT AS THE BEAUTIFUL " SHANGHAIED" A CJ-6A/360. THE PHOTOS TELL THE REST OF THE STORY


	CJ-6As IN CHINA


	FROM BLENHEIM, NEW ZEALAND "NANCHANG 20" ZK-JQS FLOWN BY CLASSIC WINGS MAGAZINE EDITOR GRAHAM ORPHAN WITH DAVE McDONALD IN THE BACK SEAT.


	VH-CJG IN AUSTRALIA


		UNUSUAL BUT NICE CAMO CJ FROM THE USA, MAKES A PLEASANT CHANGE FROM THE GREEN ONES



	THIS IS A CJ-6 AND IT CAN BE SEEN AT THE CHINA AVIATION MUSEUM. WE THINK IT WAS MODIFIED TO LOOK LIKE A JET FOR A MOVIE IN CHINA. NOTE AMERICAN MARKINGS AND SABRE LIKE FU- REGO


	IT'S AMAZING JUST WHAT YOU CAN FIND IN AN OLD HANGAR IN CHINA, THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ABOUT 12 MONTHS AGO.


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	*SUKHOI*


	SUKHOI SU-29


	ALL THREE OF THESE SUKHOIS USED TO LIVE IN AUSTRALIA, BUT ALL HAVE NOW GONE TO THE USA AND NOW WE HAVE NO SUKHOIS IN AUSTRALIA .

		SUKHOI SU-31 PROBABLY THE BEST AEROBATIC AIRCRAFT THE WORLD HAS SEEN, STRESSED TO + or - 23g WITH A ROLL RATE OF 420 DEGREES A SECOND


	SUKHOI SU-29


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		*PZL WILGA*

	SOME PEOPLE CALL THE WILGA UGLY, SOME CALL IT DIFFERENT , BUT WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THE WILGA CAN FULFIL MANY ROLES, LIKE........


	THE FAMILY CRUISER


	WARBIRD / FORWARD AIR CONTROL


	TRAINER


	GLIDER TUG


	SKI PLANE


	AND IF THERE IS SOMEBODY YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE, WELL MAYBE THIS WILGA IS FOR YOU


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	*HELICOPTERS*


	MI-2 BUILT BY PZL SWIDNIK


	MI-8 RESTING IN LITHUANIA


	MI-24 HIND GUNSHIP

		NOSE ART IS ONE THING, BUT SOMEBODY OBVIOUSLY HAD TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS. FANTASTIC PIECE OF WORK


	MI-34 LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTER POWERED BY THE M-14V-26 NINE CYLINDER RADIAL ENGINE


	SOME OF THE HELICOPTERS ON DISPLAY AT THE CHINA AVIATION MUSEUM


	MI-26T HEADING OUT FOR ANOTHER DELIVERY WITH 20 TONS OF CEMENT ON BOARD


	THE MIGHTY 22,000 HP MI-26T WITH ITS 110 FT ROTOR SPAN AND A TAIL ROTOR THE SAME SIZE AS A HUGHES 500 MAIN ROTOR. HAVING FLOWN QUITE A FEW HOURS WITH THE RUSSIANS AS RADIO OPERATER / NAVIGATOR IN THIS TERRIFIC HELICOPTER. I CONSIDER MYSELF PRIVILEGED TO HAVE 20 MINUTES DUAL, FLYING THE BIGGEST HELICOPTER IN THE WORLD IN MY LOG BOOK SIGNED BY THE CHIEF PILOT GENNADI MALTSEV


	KAMOV KA-32 ONE OF THE FINEST ASW AND HEAVY LIFT HELICOPTERS THE WORLD HAS SEEN.


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