Warbirds Online doesn’t usually cover stories on non-military aircraft however in this case we make an exception. The team at Pay’s Air Service in Scone NSW has taken the giant step of taking on a contract to provide Fire Bomber services in Greece over the next season. The fires are already wreaking havoc after last […]
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USA Aviation Designs 1950 & 1960s
Warbirds Online was recently passed on a collection of 1950’s era photos and postcards mainly produced as promotional material by USA aircraft manufacturers in order to promote their innovative designs to garner support from Government and the Defence Department for their submissions to various contracts. Many of these designs were serious production aircraft whilst others […]
Cold War, Observation aircraft, WarbirdsFire Bomber Aircraft Australia 2020
Whilst not Warbirds in the true sense, the efforts of the Fire Bomber aircraft in Australia in the past have been epic Air Wars nonetheless. One of the larger Australian based operations is Pay’s Air Service, based in Scone NSW with a fleet currently comprising 3 Fire Boss amphibians, 6 standard AT-802s , 1 Bell […]
Australian Warbirds, Firebomber, Helicopters, Observation aircraftCessna O-1G Bird Dog VH-XVB
A new addition to the Caboolture ”Beaufort Hangar” is Cessna O-1G Bird Dog, VH-XVB built in 1951. The aircraft has been acquired by a syndicate of Beaufort Group members and will operate from the Qld hangar. An interesting fact about this is aircraft is that the correct tail number for 21546 should be Serial No 0-14661 […]
Observation aircraft