Warbirds Online brings you news on the refurbishment taking place on CA-18 Mk.21 Mustang A68-110 VH-MFT at Caboolture Qld. The aircraft is being overhauled by Dave Kingshott and his team at Complete Aircraft Care and much work has been completed since our last review in March 2017. The mighty Mustang has had a very thorough […]
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Supermarine Spitfire MH 603 Restoration
Further progress has been made on the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire IX MH 603 at Scone NSW. Since we last visited the project in March 2017 a great deal of work has been progressed. Recently the newly completed wings and empennage were trial fitted to the fuselage of the Spitfire to ensure everything was as […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsSupermarine Spitfire VH-XVI | Unique Warbird
The Temora Aviation Museum is currently home to the only two Supermarine Spitfires flying in Australia, including Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII Civil Rego VH-HET, RAAF S/n: A58-758 which we covered in our article The Pay Spitfire – The Last of the Best. The “other” Spitfire is Mk XVI Ex RAF TB863 Civil Reg VH-XVI. This […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsHARS Storage Facility – an Aviation Treasure Trove
Recently Warbirds Online visited Parkes NSW to assist in the storage and reorganization of some of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) holdings of aircraft components and memorabilia at its facility located in the former Austop wool processing plant. HARS is a huge not for profit Aviation Historical organization who’s principle base is located at […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, WarbirdsParkes Aviation Museum – HARS
New Aviation Museums are a rare thing in recent times, given the economic conditions and competing priorities for available resources so the establishment of a new Museum is a newsworthy event. The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) is in the process of setting up the Parkes Aviation Museum as an offshoot of HARS and has […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsCAC CA-18 Mustang A68-118
One of the best looking of the airworthy Warbird fleet in Australia is Jeff Trappett’s CAC CA-18 Mustang A68-118 ex RAAF. This is a beautiful machine and is based in Victoria at Morwell. She frequently flies at airshows across the country and is a real crowd favorite. Jeff always displays the aircraft in his own […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsLockheed SP-2H Neptune A89-277
Warbirds Online was recently at Caloundra, Queensland to visit the Queensland Air Museum to view the progress on their Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune SP-2H ex RAAF A89-277. This aircraft was delivered to the RAAF in March 1962 and served most of its time at RAAF Townsville and had an extensive service history in Australia and on […]
Australian Warbirds, Cold War, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, WarbirdsIan Baker Restoring CAC Boomerangs
Warbirds Online recently visited CAC Boomerang restorer, Ian Baker at his new base in Mittagong NSW. Regular readers will be aware of Ian’s 3 Boomerangs, CA-12s A46-89 and A46-90 and CA-13 A46-140. The two CA-12s are being restored by Ian to airworthy status and it is his intention to retain both of these aircraft. Ian […]
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