Whilst not Warbirds in the true sense, the efforts of the Fire Bomber aircraft in Australia in the past have been epic Air Wars nonetheless. One of the larger Australian based operations is Pay’s Air Service, based in Scone NSW with a fleet currently comprising 3 Fire Boss amphibians, 6 standard AT-802s , 1 Bell […]
Australian Warbirds, Firebomber, Helicopters, Observation aircraft
Warbirds Online completes our series on the repainting of CAC Mustang CA-18 PR.22 A68-199 at Scone NSW. The refinishing of the aircraft is now complete and the aircraft is back in service. There is no camera installation as yet which will complete her restoration if it is decided to take that step. At present, as […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
At Wedderburn NSW a dormant Douglas A-26C-25-DT Invader project will shortly be coming back to life under the watchful eye of experienced aircraft restorer Richard Thompson. The aircraft is currently stored at Bankstown airport but will shortly be making its way to Wedderburn, NSW. Richard acquired the aircraft (which was previously with the Australian Aviation […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online visited the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society Museum at Albion Park NSW for an update on recent progress of the HARS current projects. 2019 has been an excellent year at HARS for aircraft preservation with the acquisition of the RAN Historic Flight aircraft including two Grumman S-2G Trackers, two Bell UH-IB Iroquois helicopters, two […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAN historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Its exciting news that the Bristol Beaufighter rebuild project has recently moved back into the workshops and display hangar at HARS Albion Park where work is about to recommence on the rebuilding of the Beaufighter aircraft itself. HARS has had a project to rebuild a Beaufighter to fly for decades however the opportunity to accomplish […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Over 3 years ago Australian aviator, Phillip Cooper commenced building a full-size Bristol Fighter replica to celebrate the History of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) operation of the type. Bristol Fighters are rare, even replicas are very hard to come by. After building a fuselage frame, tail section and undercarriage, Phillip realised he had a […]
AFC Aircraft, Fighter Aircraft, Warbirds, WW1 aircraft
More exciting news from Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) at Scone NSW with the arrival of 3 new Supermarine projects – two Supermarine Spitfires F.VC (Trop) and a Supermarine Seafire Mk XV. The 3 projects have been resident in South Australia for some time and were recently purchased by Ross Pay and Paul Bennet for restoration […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
The refinishing of Mustang CA-18 PR.22 A68-199 at Scone NSW is ongoing under the watchful eye of Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR). Warbirds Online returned to Scone in early November 2019 to discover what progress had been made in the application of the color scheme. Previously we reported (Oct 2019) on the aircrafts history, previous color […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds