On my recent tour of the UK I viewed Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281 of the Royal Navy Historic Flight based at Yeovilton, Somerset UK. I was very lucky to see and hear this fantastic sleeve valve monster perform at no less than 4 airshows including Legends, The Shuttleworth Collection, Farnborough and at Yeovilton itself. Sadly upon […]
Historic Aircraft
Warbirds Online has recently visited the restoration site of several Bristol Hercules engines which will eventually power the Australian Beaufighter project under long term rebuild to airworthy condition at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) facility at Albion Park NSW. The rebuilding of a Beaufighter is a very complex task and although the project based […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online will be commemorating the Centenary of WW1 over the next 4 years and we will document through regular features, the history and progress of Military Aviation during the war and Australia’s part in it, particularly the Australian Flying Corps (AFC). Australia has a unique place in the history of Aviation going back to the […]
RAAF historic aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
Recently at Warbirds Online we were reviewing a collection of photographs compiled by the late Malcom Long, a renowned Warbird collector, restorer and identity. A series of these photos centered on the work of RAAF crash recovery crews. The teams of staff worked under the most primitive and arduous of conditions retrieving many aircraft from […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft
A very extensive and important restoration is taking place at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) where the former RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-105 is being meticulously returned to its exact WWII military configuration by the staff in the conservation area. Although a considerable amount of work had been previously undertaken by Malcom Long and others to […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Progress continues this month at Caboolture, Qld with the completion of the main spar refitting to the wing for Bristol (DAP) Beaufort A9-141. There are so many rivets to fit and so much to be done to ensure the wing is rebuilt straight and true before removing it from the jig. However, as seen on […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online is connected with the restoration effort to return Australian Built DAP (Department of Aircraft Production) Beaufort A9-141 to the air at Caboolture Queensland. As a result of our efforts in supporting Warbird restorations we regularly receive historic photographs and data from WWII veterans and their families as well as other organizations. Recently while […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft
William Maurice Shaw (Maurie) enlisted in the RAAF 1939 as he always wanted to fly. His passion for aviation lead him to fly de Havilland Mosquito’s during the war and it all started when his older sister Joyce paid for a joy flight for him is the 1930’s. Once he became a flying Officer he […]
Aviator Biographies, RAAF historic aircraft