Wangaratta Warhawk

Australian restorer Precision Airmotive of Wangaratta (VIC) announced that their latest project, a Curtiss P-40E 41-25123, performed its first successful taxi trials on 30 November.

The fighter was delivered to the RAAF in April 1942 as A29-90, nicknamed ‘Ming the Merciless’. It was flown by their 76th Squadron with code ‘H’ until the end of WW II. Precision Airmotive initially intended to have ‘Ming’ ready for the 100th Anniversary of the RAAF on 31 March 2021, but did not manage to finish the aircraft in time.

At this moment, as far as we know, the fighter is not yet officially registered in the Australian civilian register. 

Photo: still from a Precision Airmotive video