I recently travelled to Toowoomba, Queensland for the David Hack Classic Meet featuring a display of Warbirds and cars. This event is held on a yearly basis and offers a great day out for enthusiasts of all kinds. Held at Aerotec Hangar, home of the famous Zuccoli Aircraft Collection, it features a Fly-in of Warbirds […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75 was an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. I had the opportunity to photograph the H75 Hawk and see her fly at Duxford in 2005 while at an airshow. The aircraft had just been restored to flying condition by […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Progress is ongoing at Pays Air Service at Scone NSW on the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire IX MH 603. Since our last visit in February 2014 a great deal of work has been carried out on the wing assemblies, with all of the trailing edge ribs added to both wings and the skins in the […]
Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Recently I visited the restoration team at the B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Fund who are rebuilding the only Consolidated B-24 Liberator in the Southern Hemisphere, B-24M (RAAF serial number A72-176). The aircraft is being restored in one of the original WW2 hangars on the former Werribee Satellite Aerodrome, near Point Cook, Victoria. The project got underway […]
Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Hawker Hurricane C/N 60372, C-FDNL, Mk XII / IIB Serial No 5481 has arrived at Scone NSW after a lengthy boat trip from Canada via the Panama Canal and New Zealand. The aircraft was unpacked from its shipping container on the 7th of April 2014. It had been very carefully packed and shipped on a […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
Since I last reported on the progress on the restoration of the Bristol Beaufort in November 2013, I am pleased to say considerable progress has been made with the Beaufort port wing. The wing, sourced in the USA but originally recovered from Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the 1970s, has finally yielded a serviceable main spar assembly which has passed all its exhaustive testing […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Toward the end of the war the need for pilot training was dramatically reduced and large numbers of CAC Wirraways were placed into storage. A small number of aircraft continued in Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) service as trainers at Uranquinty and Point Cook, Victoria and 17 aircraft were transferred to the newly formed Royal Australian […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft
The CAC Wirraway was ordered by the Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) to meet their needs for a general purpose and training aircraft. In the general purpose role they replaced the attractive but obsolete Hawker Demon. In the training role the Wirraway fulfilled the new function of advanced trainer, a new category which was introduced with […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft