Prototype Yale emerges at Oshkosh

摘要

One of the highlights of the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture show at Oshkosh, Wisconsin on 22-28 July was the first appearance of the prototype North American NA-64 Yale since it flew in June 2017 following restoration by owner Mark Cyrier and his team in Fort Worth, Texas. The historic machine wears the experimental registration NX13397 on the fin, and 'NAA 64 P2 No 1' on the rudder, just as it did on 12 February 1940 when it made its maiden test flight at Inglewood, California. It went on to serve with No 12 Communications Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force at Rockcliffe, Ontario during the war, before being sold off as surplus in September 1946.