Warbirds Online continues its series on Australian War Memorial (AWM) exhibits, with a story on Hawker Sea Fury VW232 finished as VX730 on display at the AWM, Canberra. The Hawker Sea Fury was one of the last active piston engine fighters to see service with the Navies of the World and it was also one of […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAN historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online recently traveled to Canberra to see the restoration of RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-105 at the Treloar Technology Centre, the Australian War Memorial’s storage and workshop facility to get an update on progress since our last report on the project in 2014. Jamie Croker, one of the Memorial’s Large Technology Conservators restoring the historic […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Today Warbirds Online acknowledges one of the most notable original P40 restorations on display anywhere in the world, Curtiss P-40E-1 Tail Number 41-36084 ex RAAF serial A29-133 that is on display at Australian War Memorial (AWM) Canberra ACT. The P40 was an extremely important type to the RAAF in WWII. It was for a long […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
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 aircraft
Since July 2015, when we last reported on Hawker Hurricane C/N 60372, C-FDNL, Mk XII / IIB Serial No 5481, a lot of work has been done, with the huge task of reassembling all the dismantled components now nearing the end after refurbishing the fuselage with new wood and fabric. Recently the wings of the aircraft […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Greg Batts’ work on the CAC Boomerang “collection” in Brisbane continues. Regular readers will recall that at present, four CAC Boomerangs are being worked on within the workshop and work has progressed on all four over the past 3 months. CAC Boomerang A46-249 A46-249 is a CA-19, (last Boomerang built by CAC), being worked on […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
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
Since our last report on the restoration of Jack McDonald’s Hawker Demon much change has taken place at Caboolture. The major event has been the relocation of the project to the new ”Beaufort Restoration” hangar along with the DAP Beaufort , tools and other aircraft in the collection as well as Jack’s MiG 17 fighter. […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects