News | 10 Jul 2012 08:00 | John Croft
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<p>Mark Hannant </p> <p>Long associated with the aviation world as a supplier of time-pieces, both in cockpits and on the wrists of the pilots who sit in them, Breitling has gone one step further with the formation of the Breitling Fighters flight team. </p> <p>The Swiss watch manufacturer has put together an impressive collection of vintage aircraft and they're here on display at the show. </p> <p>The Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, North American Aviation P-51 Mustang, Chance Vought F4U Corsair, Messerschmitt Bf-109 and Yakovlev Yak-3 all made their mark, not just on the flying world, but in the popular psyche too during the Second World War. All carried Breitling instruments. </p> <p>In a world-first initiative, Breitling has brought them all together with the help of the US, German, New Zealand, Russian and UK airforces. </p> <p>It has also added an Aero Albatros L-39, a modern twin-seater training jet, so that its brand retailers can experience the thrillhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Breitling-flight-team-brings-together-a-big-slice-of-history-52977/News | 17 Jun 1997 23:00
<p> </p> <p>Ghost Connie, you're cleared for flypast," calls the tower as Captain Charles "Chuck" Grant drops the nose of the Lockheed C-121C and asks flight engineer Jerry Steele for more power. The four turbo-compound Wright R-3350-93s howl louder and the Super Constellation thunders along the crowd line at El Toro, in California, at 200kt (370km/h) and an altitude, at one point, as low as 150ft (45m). </p> <p>With the exception of fighters such as the North American P-51 and Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, the C-121C is faster than most of the other massed "ghosts" in the circuit. </p> <p>Keeping company with "warbirds" and plying the air-show circuit is the major source of revenue for this ex-US Air Force Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft, but things could change, according to owner Benny Younesi. "Operating costs are about $3,000 per hour, including fuel, maintenance, parts and insurance. If we could utilise the aircraft at more than just air shows, we could reduce thhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Super-survivor-4788/