Keep up to date with all our latest projects!
We are continuously undertaking new propeller projects for civil, military and warbird aircraft. Our team is dedicated to providing superior quality and performance propellers for all types of these aircraft, ensuring that they meet the highest standards for safety and efficiency. We will keep you posted with updates as we continue to extend the boundaries of excellence in propeller engineering.
Winter 2024
Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
MOD Defence Equipment & Support lets ‘PICSES’ (Propeller Integrated Support Contract - Engineering and Supply) in support of heritage display aircraft.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Project Team on behalf of DE&S has announced that is has placed a 10-year propeller support contract with Skycraft Propellers, a UK market leader in the propeller support industry.
Skycraft will provide the BBMF with a Propeller Availability and Management Service for the Lancaster, Dakota, Spitfire, Hurricane and Chipmunk aircraft, helping the Historic Flight to continue its mission to maintain, operate and display the RAF’s fleet of iconic heritage aircraft, both to commemorate the endeavour and sacrifice of our forebears in wartime and to educate and inspire the next generation.
Group Captain Andy March the Project Team Leader and Chief Engineer said, “this is the first of several long-term contracts that the Project Team intends to let under its BBMF Integrated Support Arrangement Programme (BISAP) which introduces new ways of partnered working with industry to reduce the operating costs of the fleet and support the long-term sustainability of the Flight”.
Michael Barnett, Managing Director of Skycraft stated “we are delighted to have been successful in securing this prestigious contract to support the BBMF. Skycraft provides high quality engineering solutions across all sectors of the UK market and has a worldwide customer base for our historic military propellers and whilst we are experienced at delivering MOD contracts, to be awarded the first of the BISAP contracts is an exciting endeavour for our business”.
Summer 2023
BOEING B-17G FLYING FORTRESS - “SALLY B”
Skycraft Propeller is proud to maintain the Hamilton Standard propellers on B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B which is the last remaining airworthy B-17 in Europe. Permanently based at IWM Duxford, she regularly participates in air shows, memorial flypasts and commemorative events as a memorial to the USAAF in Europe during WW2.
Since 1982, Sally B has been operated by Elly Sallingboe of B-17 Preservation with the help of an extraordinary dedicated volunteer Crew and Team.
The task of maintaining and operating a Flying Fortress involves a wide range of specialist skills and the dedicated Crew and Team have against all odds not just managed to keep the aircraft flying as an important educational and heritage asset for over 40 years, but continuously improve its condition.
July 2022
Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 “Gustav”
Bruce Winter's stunning Bf 109G-6 was one of the highlights of the Warbirds area during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022, earning Grand Champion: World War II honours. Mike Vadeboncoeur’s of Midwest Aero Restorations in Danville (USA) undertook the task after the 109G-6 was recovered from a lake in Russia some years earlier where it served as a WWII German Eastern Front combat veteran. The Vereinigte Deutache Metallwerke (VDM) 9.12.087A propeller was overhauled & reconstructed by Skycraft Propeller and fitted with authentic replacement blades manufactured by Hoffmann Propeller in Germany.
Scott Slocum is credited with these fantastic shots!