Hunter Fighter Collection, as the curator of the Hunter Warbirds aircraft collection has recently completed construction of an additional exhibit with significant importance to Scone and the Upper Hunter Region, NSW. A Bristol F2.B Fighter replica will be the feature as a diorama display to be added to the Hunter Warbirds Aviation Attraction at Scone […]
Posts tagged "Australian Flying Corps"
Bristol F2B Fighter Replica
It’s been over two years now since Warbirds Online reported on the construction of Australian aviator, Phillip Cooper’s, Bristol F2B Fighter replica to celebrate the history of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) operation of the type. The aircraft is being constructed by Matt Webber and the team at Luskintyre Aircraft Restoration (LAR) NSW. Work has proceeded […]
Australian Flying Corps, Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration ProjectsAirco DH.5 Scout
Warbirds Online continues our series on Australian Flying Corps (AFC) aircraft of WWI and today we feature the Airco DH.5 Scout of 1916. This Scout (Fighter) aircraft was designed by the famous Captain Geoffrey de Havilland and was unique in that the top wing of the biplane was moved to the rear of the lower wing […]
AFC Aircraft, Australian Flying Corps, Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, WW1 aircraftRoyal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Scout Fighter
Another of the real gems housed in the Australian War Memorial collection is one of just seven remaining original WWI manufactured, Royal Aircraft Factory designed SE.5a aircraft. The aircraft is currently displayed in the in the exhibition of WWI Aviation at the AWM. The aircraft is finished in the colors of D6950 2SQN AFC which […]
Australian Flying Corps, Australian Warbirds, Fighter Aircraft, Historic Aircraft, WW1 aircraftRoyal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 – AFC
Warbirds Online continues its series on the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) machines of WWI with a feature on the famous Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8. The R.E.8 (Reconnaissance Experimental 8), a British two-seat biplane, was the result of a line of aircraft developed by the Royal Aircraft Factory in the UK for use as a reconnaissance […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, WW1 aircraftBristol F.2B Fighters – AFC
In memory of the Centenary of the commencement of WWI and the Gallipoli campaign Warbirds Online celebrates some very famous Australian Flying Corps (AFC) aircraft and today we recognize the efforts of those who fought in the AFC Bristol Fighters, F.2Bs or “ Brisfit” as it was known. The Bristol F.2B was first flown on […]
Australian Flying Corps, Fighter Aircraft, Historic Aircraft, WW1 aircraftDeperdussin – an AFC Pioneer
Warbirds Online continues with its description of the early equipment of the Central Flying School (CSF) at Point Cook Victoria, prior to and during WW1. One of the two types first ordered for the CFS was the Deperdussin Type A of which two were ordered (CFS 4&5) in 1912 and delivered in May 1913 at […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, WW1 aircraftBristol F.2b Fighter – Australian home
Today Warbirds Online can report the arrival of a Bristol F.2b Fighter at Caboolture, Qld. The Bristol aircraft was built to exacting standards by Ed Storo in the USA and completed in 1993. Registered as N7724, in 2001 the aircraft made its way to New Zealand and was displayed at various airshows in the colors […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft