Warbird

Examples of aircraft types include the North American P-51 Mustang, Vought F4U Corsair, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, North American B-25 Mitchell, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, North American T-6 Texan, Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Hawker Hurricane, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Avro Lancaster, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Grumman F4F Wildcat, Douglas TBD Devastator, Grumman TBF Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver and Supermarine Spitfire.

According to Classic Warplanes, some of the tasks performed on these vintage aircraft include:[6] Restored warbirds are a frequent attraction at airshows.

In New Zealand there is an airshow over the Easter Weekend each year, this alternates between the Warbirds Over Wanaka in Wānaka, Otago and Classic Fighters in Blenheim, Marlborough.

Highly modified and "stock" warbirds can also frequently be seen at air races, since World War II-era fighters are among the fastest propeller-driven airplanes ever built.

In more recent years, straight wing, jet-powered warbirds such as the Aero L-29 Delfin, Aero L-39 Albatros, BAC Jet Provost, De Havilland Vampire, Messerschmitt Me 262, and PZL TS-11 Iskra have seen the conception of their own racing class, known simply as the Jet Class.

Hawker Hurricane and T-6 Texan warbirds in flight over Finland
A restored, privately owned de Havilland Vampire warbird
A Polish-registered Piper L-4 Grasshopper warbug
Lancaster B I PA474 in 460 Squadron (RAAF) colours, escorted by Hurricane Mk.IIc LF363 in 249 Sqn livery operated by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight .
An AH-1 Cobra from the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation [ 3 ]
The Fighter Collection 's TF-51, a training variant of the P-51.
HA-200 , T-34 , and T-6 warbirds fly in formation
2008 Commemorative Air Force AIRSHO
'Precious Metal' , a highly modified P-51, at the 2014 Reno Air Race