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Combat Veteran P-40E Makes Her First Flight in New Zealand!

November 11, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

A couple of weeks ago, we reported that Pioneer Aero Ltd. had completed the restoration of Claudio Coltri’s Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (41-13570). While the selected test pilot, Frank Parker, had performed some taxi trials, Pioneer had […]

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk Restoration Complete in New Zealand

October 26, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

It has been just over a year since our last report on restoration progress with Claudio Coltri’s combat-veteran Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (41-13570), which has been under rebuild at Pioneer Aero Ltd. in Ardmore, New Zealand […]

Pioneer Aero’s Curtiss P-40E Restoration Update

June 10, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

It’s been a little while since we last looked in on progress with Claudio Coltri’s Curtiss P-40E Warhawk 41-13570 at Pioneer Aero Ltd. in Auckland, New Zealand. We are happy to report that the combat […]

Curtiss P-40E Taking Shape at Pioneer Aero Ltd.

April 5, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Pioneer Aero Ltd. has had an extremely productive beginning to 2019 from their base at Ardmore Airport near Auckland, New Zealand. As we noted in late February, they successfully flew Jerry Yagen’s Bell P-39F Airacobra […]

Pioneer Aero – P-40E Restoration Update

October 12, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

Pioneer Aero in Auckland, New Zealand has a long-standing reputation for producing world-class warbird restorations. The company’s origins date back to 1992 when, under the name of Pacific Aircraft, they began restoring former Royal Australian Air […]

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Combat Veteran P-40E Makes Her First Flight in New Zealand!

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Curtiss P-40E Taking Shape at Pioneer Aero Ltd.

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