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It flies thanks to the Indian Air Force resurrecting old abandoned hulks the RAF abandoned in India after the war. In need of modern aircraft, they decided to save some of the planes that had been de-milled by the RAF after the war according to their agreement with the USA that no lend lease birds where to go to anyone else, keep them or destroy them. 

 

RAF ground crews rammed them with bulldozers, trucks and hacked the controls and busted up the gauges. The engines where supposed to have sand ran through them, but, by the time they go to them, most crew members skipped the practice since they wanted to get home sooner. 

 

The Collings bird, the one at Pima and one owned by Kermit Weeks are all ex Indian Air Force. 

 

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The newest addition to our growing charter fleet. The 2014 Beechcraft King Air 350i factory demo aircraft. Every available option on a 350i. Electrically heated passenger seats, electrically adjustable passenger window tint. Turn the knob one way, the window get lighter. Turn the knob the other way, the window gets darker. $8.2 million of ultimate turboprop luxury.

 

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Lots of leather for that new aircraft smell.

 

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State of the art cockpit panel.

 

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"Ekrana" I think, spelling is doubtful in transliterating from Kyrilic to Latin alphabet. Wing In Ground Effect vehicle, seems to have added Helipad deck for beach asault. Original configuration had rocket launch tubes. This retains some tubes but adds an extended deck between the two fusilages and replaces the tubes on the right side with helicopter hangers.

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The whole "nazi" thing gets thrown way out of proportion. Most Germans didn't harbor the hate that the Nazis did they were a people persecuted and broken who happened to get fired up by a madman. The majority were conscripted into service and really had no choice.

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