Christoph Westhaus have contributed two photos of the Replica Messerschmitt Me 262 that is constructed by the Luftwaffe Museum at Gatow. They're using some original parts, like a nose section, engine and other stuff. Since it is a replica it shouldn't be listed on the Me 262 page but it is still that for the time being, it is also listed in the relics section. 

Shinichi Tsunoda sent in a photo of the Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui after the restoration from a hulk was completed. It is now on display in the Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Museum in Nagoya alongside a A6M5a Zero. A photo of the Zero has also been added. 

Marko Jeras in Croatia have done some research into the identity of the Bü 131 on view at Tehnicki Muzej in Zagreb and have found evidence that the aircraft is a D-2 version with W.Nr. 1924 instead of a B version with W.Nr 865. I've also revised and updated the link page. 

I continue to add photos from my trip to Finland this summer. This time it is a better photo of the VL Viima I prototype in Tampere, two photos of wooden drop tanks for the Myrsky fighter and a photo of an experimental wooden drop tank for the Bf 109 in Finnish service. Also a set of metal floats for the VL Sääski aircraft has been added to the Finnish Relic page. The later aircraft operated with both wooden and metal floats. 

Mario Raguz sent a photo of the wings for the Fw 190 stored in Belgrade. It seems like they needs some work before putting them on display. The Cyrillic letters written on the wings are about the Partisans and the fighting during WWII.

A photo of the Finnish Fw 44 SZ-5 have been added. The aircraft is currently under restoration to airworthiness, though I don't know of any civil registration yet. A set of Dornier Do 22 floats was also found at the same museum. Check the Dornier Relics section for photos. These remains are probably the largest preserved parts of that now extinct aircraft type. Also a new addition is the photo of De Havilland D.H.60X Moth OH-EJA which was operated by the Finnish Air Force during WWII as MO-100. The aircraft is preserved at Tikkakoski.

Julian Banks, a volunteer of the Cavanaugh Flight Museum sent an e-mail regarding the Heinkel He 111/CASA 2.111 they have with the museum. First he wrote that a project to restore it back into airworthy status will be begun soon. The engines has been test run, and the aircraft is prepared for a ferry flight to a restoration site in Texas. But what was may be more interesting is that the identity of the aircraft was not c/n  053 "B.2I-103" as it has been listed on this site and many other publications. Julian wrote  that he have seen at least 4 different data plates claiming the aircraft to be c/n 155 "B.2I-27" (and included photos of some plates). Julian also writes that IWM is referring to their CASA 2.111 as B.2I-103 despite the fact that it has B.2I-27 painted on the fin. So why does it have that painted on the fin? Has the fin been swapped some time, or what happened? 

Alfred Preuß wrote in to tell me that Fw 44J c/n 2924 (N212S) have been sold to a new owner in Hoogeveen in Holland. We'll have to wait and see what it will be registered as. 

Finally I've added a photo of a fin of a Junkers Ju 52/3m preserved at Nordland Röde Kors Krigsminnemuseum in Narvik - check out the relics section. Also two Fokker D.XXI rudders have been added to the Finnish relic section. 

Many thanks to Don, Julian and Alfred for sharing information and photos with the rest of us!

Mr Saiwm of the Zerofighter world have assisted with several photos from Mr Harada's fantastic collection. The following engines have been added; one Ha 32, two Ha 35, one Ha 45 and two Atsuta AE1 engines.  Also Laruent Pater have sent in a photo of an Atsuta AE1 engine, from the Yakusuni shrine in Tokyo. Ola Carlsson have added a better photo of the Messerschmitt Me 262 on show in Prague. Mario Raguz continues to add new photos, this time of the Bücker Bü 133 and the Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 in Belgrad. 

Jerry Yagen have contributed a recently taken photo of the restoration of Fighter Factory's Bf 109E so we all can see the progress being made. Kenneth Pedersen added excellent cockpit photos of two Spanish built Buchons, D-FMBB and D-FDME. Thomas Siepert have also contributed some quite unusual photos, one of a four bladed Do 217 propeller preserved in Czech republic, together with a photo of four paddle propeller blades illustrating fur different steps in the manufacture of the blades. The blades could have been used on Fw 190A or Ju 88 aircraft. See the relics section for the photos.

Sergio Louis dos Santos have supplied a photo taken by Vicente Vazques of the restored Isotta Fraschini 500 engine from the Savoia S 55 Jahú in Brazil. Sergio writes that the engine have been restored (as can easily be seen!) and that the work on the aircraft will be started soon. This means that the long struggle to preserve the sole S 55 at last have come to a solution which hopefully will be successful. Judging from the look of the engine, the Savoia S 55 will be in good hands. 

Gregory Alegi sent in a photo of what is said to be a seat from a Caproni Ca.313. Many thanks to all of you have contributed to this update!

This weekend I've got two really exciting contributions. The first is a photo from Peter Cohausz who have had access to the Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser which is in storage at BITZ-Flugzeugbau in Augsburg. Look out for a future article on that aircraft in Flugzeug Classic by Peter. The other exciting contribution is from Kent Jones who had the opportunity to visit USAFM Dayton during the "big shuffle" a couple of days ago. The museum rearranged their exhibitions and Kent managed to get some nice photos of the museums Fw 190D-9, Bf 109G-10 and Me 262A-1a while they were moved outside the hangars. Jean-Pierre Touzeau contributed a better photo of the Canadian Heinkel He 162A-2 W.Nr. 120076.

I'm also continuing to add photos from my trip to Finland this summer. This time I've added a new photo of the Klemm KL 25 OH-KLA. The aircraft has now been assembled and put on display from it's previous place in storage. I've added a new better photo of the Finnish designed fighter VL Pyörrymyrsky as well as a cockpit photo. I've also added a cockpit photo of the Fokker D.XXI on show in Tikkakoski. The last addition is a photo of the Junkers A50 Junior on show at the Helsinki-Vanta Airport. This aircraft was used as liaison aircraft by the Finnish Air Force during WWII. 

On a bright side, I went on a business trip to Finland two weeks ago, and stayed over the weekend to tour some aviation museums. Literally it was the trip of my life since I over three days managed to visit the all but one of the aviation museums in Finland, and in addition their tank museum and a private arms museum which I happened to drive past. At Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo I met Timo Savolainen and Timo Heinonen for a guided tour. Timo Heinonen worked at the museum and insisted that I try out the cockpits of Bf109G-6, Fokker D.XXI, Humu and Pyörremyrsky. As you can understand I was not difficult to persuade (The photos will appear in my future book "cockpits I've sat in" - Well I can't fly so what else can write about?:-). Anyway, I took a lot of photos of some very unusual aircraft and parts that will be added over the next few weeks. Many thanks to you both for that great day!

The first upload includes a new photo of the Bf109G-6 MT507, including a cockpit photo. Also a new photo of the VL Humu and a cockpit shot from it have been added. I got to see one of my favorite aircraft in Finland; the Caudron 714 of which photos have been added. As you can see the engine is missing and the cockpit needs a lot of tender loving care. Also added were photos of the Douglas DC-2 fuselage in Helsinki and the Fokker CVE rear fuselage in storage at Lathi. A photo of the ultra rare Blackburn Ripon IIF have been added - what a big ugly beauty it is!