Warbirds Online recently journeyed to the NSW country city of Dubbo to visit one of the most skilled metal workers we have ever seen. Mark Nugent is a highly trained coachbuilder with an excellent reputation for high quality work. Interestingly Mark works in the fields of Motor Vehicle restoration and Aircraft restoration. Although it is […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online continues our series on Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) CA-17/18 Mustang survivors with a barely surviving aircraft, Ex RAAF A68-5 a CA-17 Mk.20 construction number 1330. As the serial indicates this was the 5th CAC produced Mustang constructed from partially finished components imported from the USA. The Mustang was delivered to the RAAF No […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited Vintage Fighter Restorations to view the progress on two Mk IX Supermarine Spitfires, MH603 and MH415. We last reported on these aircraft in October 2018 and since then the VFR team have again made great progress on the restoration of these aircraft. Mk IX Supermarine Spitfire MH415 has now overtaken MH603 […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
In a move likely to please many Warbird enthusiasts Government Aircraft Factory (GAF) built Marcel Dassault Mirage III IIIO(F) Ex RAAF A3-44 has been loaned on a long term basis to the Benalla Aviation Museum, Victoria. The arrangement is for a minimum of 10 years. The Benalla Aviation Museum is a great Museum that is […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Fighter Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online continues its series on surviving and historic CAC C A-17/CA-18 Mustang and North American built P51 Mustangs. Today we feature the start of Australian production with the most historic surviving Australian produced CAC Mustang, m/f No 1326 NA110-34366 a CA-17 RAAF Serial A68-1 assembled from a “kit set“ of parts shipped from the […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
In our series on current operational Warbirds in Australia we look at another P40, P-40N-5-CU C/N 28748 USAAC tail No 42-104986 of the 49th Fighter Group, 8th Fighter Squadron. This Warbird was produced from a 1942 contract by Curtiss aircraft at Buffalo, New York in mid-1943 and upon delivery to the United States Army Air […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
It is over a year since Warbirds Online visited the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Parkes NSW Aviation Museum and storage facility. We recently returned to assist with the activities at both Parkes sites. HARS runs regular working parties to assist in growing the Museum at the Parkes airport and manage the storage facility at […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently travelled to HARS Parkes Aviation Museum, NSW to view the newly arrived ex RAAF Lockheed Neptune A89-302 5021 P-2E (built as P2V-4 133640 but modified on the production line to approximate a P2V-5 ) previously RAAF serial A89-595. This aircraft is extremely historic being the oldest surviving RAAF Neptune and the only […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds