Warbirds Online doesn’t usually cover stories on non-military aircraft however in this case we make an exception. The team at Pay’s Air Service in Scone NSW has taken the giant step of taking on a contract to provide Fire Bomber services in Greece over the next season. The fires are already wreaking havoc after last […]
Australian Warbirds, Firebomber, Observation aircraft
Warbirds Online can now report that Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. IX MH603 at Pay’s Air Service and Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) had her first engine run this week. Warbirds Online was on hand to view this exciting milestone in the restoration of the Spitfire at Pay’s Air Service and Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) at Scone […]
Australian Warbirds, Fighter Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online last visited Europe pre COVID in 2018 when we toured with a group of aviation enthusiasts to various locations associated with the ”Air War in Europe in WWII” and we visited the huge Military History Air Museum (Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr ) at Gatow Airfield Berlin, Germany. This very historic site has seen […]
Cold War, Fighter Aircraft, Helicopters, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
A significant addition to the Eastern Bloc cold war fighter force was the MiG-17, also known as the Lim-5M or Lim-6bis when produced under License in Poland and China as the Shenyang J-5 (for local use) or F-5 (for export) . The MiG-17 was a transitional Fighter designed to be a transonic evolution of the […]
Australian Warbirds, Cold War, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Pilot
It’s been great to see the progress on Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. IX MH603 at Pay’s Air Service and Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR). It’s been 10 months since we last reported on the progress and as with all Warbird restorations the final phases seem to take longer than anticipated and this has been the case with […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
A very interesting development within the restoration projects underway at RAAF Base Amberley Qld, under the RAAF Heritage Branch, is one of the first practical Helicopters in RAAF service, a Westland built Dragonfly HR3 Serial number WG725. The aircraft was at the Fleet Air Arm Museum (FAAM) at Nowra NSW until May 2020 when she […]
Australian Warbirds, Helicopters, RAAF historic aircraft, RAN historic aircraft
Warbirds Online recently travelled to RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland to look up an old favourite restoration of ours, Avro Anson Mk 1, W2472. Regular readers will recall our news article dated 1 July, 2013, New Avro Anson for Amberley, when the wreck arrived at RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre for restoration in the queue of projects […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
It has been some time since Warbirds Online visited the Workshop of Greg Batts of Combat Aircraft Constructions at Archerfield, Brisbane. Readers will recall that Greg has been restoring his own CA-12 Boomerang in addition to currently working on 3 other CA-12 Boomerang’s A46-55, A46-77 and A46-92, not to mention having done fuselage work on […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds