Looking back in time, Warbirds Online undertook an Aviation tour of the UK with a group of fellow aviation enthusiasts from Australia in 2003. It was a great trip and the memorable adventure was to attend the NATO Air Show in Scotland at Royal Air Force station Leuchars, located in Fife, on the east coast […]
Warbird Airshows
Wings Over Illawarra 2019 Airshow
Warbirds Online attended the Wings Over Illawarra (WOI) 2019 Airshow on the 4th and 5th of May. This show has built up a great reputation as one of Australia’s premier airshows over the past few years and this year’s edition was no exception. The weather could have been kinder on the Sunday and curtailed Sunday’s […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsWarbirds Downunder Airshow 2018
Warbirds Online attended the Temora Aviation Museum’s (TAM) Warbirds Downunder Airshow 2018 on October 12 – October 13, which again was a spectacular success. With a great line up of Warbirds in attendance, the Warbirds on display were high on quality and quantity, with only a couple of no shows due to unserviceability. Coupled with […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsFiat CR 42 Restoration
At the recent Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford, UK one particularly attractive Warbird, a Fiat CR.42, was on show even though it didn’t participate in the flying program. The Fiat CR.42, actually a Swedish J 11, formerly Fv2542 (J 11 was the Swedish designation for C.R. 42) Serial No. FV 2542, A/c markings F9-10, now […]
Airshows, Fighter Aircraft, Warbird Restoration ProjectsClassic Formation – Flying Legends 2018
At the recent Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford UK, Warbirds Online was very interested in a unique team of Warbirds, the Classic Formation team based in Switzerland, featuring 3 Beechcraft Model 18’s and 1 Douglas DC-3. Although this team has been in existence for some time it was our first occasion to witness this excellent […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsFlying Legends Airshow 2018
Warbirds Online got up close & personal with the aircraft on the Flight Line walk at the Flying Legends 2018 airshow in the UK. For a small fee of £5 those attending the airshow can walk along the flight line between 9am and 12 noon to view the aircraft at close quarters. Re enactors were on […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsShuttleworth Airshow 2018
Warbirds Online attended the Shuttleworth Collection evening airshow in the UK on the 14th of July 2018. Held after the Flying Legends airshow, we made a quick 40 minute journey to the Old Warden site just as the evenings display commenced. The show contained a very well balanced representation of the collections aircraft from the […]
Airshows, Aviation Museums, Vintage Aircraft, Warbird Restoration ProjectsParkes Aero Club – Aero Spectacular
The Parkes Aero Club celebrates 70 years in 2018 with an Aero Spectacular on Saturday 14 April, 2018 10am – 4pm at Parkes Regional Airport, NSW. The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS), Parkes Aviation Museum will be supporting an Aero Spectacular organized by the Parkes Aero Club to celebrate its 70th anniversary of the on Saturday […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects