Much-needed TLC for Brussels Voisin

摘要

Restoration of the Belgian Musee Royal de I'Armee et d'Histoire Militaire's Voisin III - the first aeroplane type to score an air-to-air kill - is progressing well with the Brussels Air Museum Restoration Society. The museum, which is now part of the newly formed War Heritage Institute, received the aircraft as part of a swap many years ago with a French institution. It came without wings or tail-boom, leaving only the fuselage, engine and undercarriage to work with. The intention is to conserve as much of the original as possible and to only replace what is absolutely necessary. Being mainly of wooden construction it has suffered the ravages of time including a woodworm infestation around the cockpit floor and the pilot's seat.