Warbirds Online reported last year on the return to flight of CAC Mustang CA-18 PR.22 1524 Ex RAAF A68-199, now VH-URZ. This is a very historic aircraft mainly because of its later civil use and was the second last CAC built Mustang its history is detailed in our previous story CAC Mustang CA-18 A68-199 September […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited the Australian War Memorials new storage facility constructed adjacent to the Treloar Resource Centre, Mitchell, ACT. Our visit was a planned event as part of the 2019 RAAF Historic and Heritage Publishing Symposium in Canberra. This storage facility was constructed over the past 18 months and adds a sizeable 5240 square […]
Australian Warbirds, Cold War, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited the team at the Australian War Memorial, Treloar Technology Centre in Mitchell, ACT to view the current aircraft project undergoing conservation and restoration – North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco, Tail Number 67-14639. This aircraft was one of a number of Broncos flown by Australian crews in Vietnam one of 157 of […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
It’s some time since we reported on the progress that Greg Batts of Combat Aircraft Constructions at Archerfield, Brisbane is making with the restoration of a number of CAC Boomerang aircraft to airworthy condition and in the interim much has happened. On the day of our visit 4 CAC Boomerangs were on the workshop floor undergoing […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online continues our series on surviving CAC built Mustangs with CAC CA-17 Mk20, C/N 1364 Ex RAAF A68-39. This aircraft was constructed at Fisherman’s Bend Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) and delivered to the 1 Air Depot (AD) RAAF Laverton on the 3rd March 1945. However, as the war had ended the aircraft was placed […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Since we last visited Ian Baker in 2018 to view his efforts to restore several CAC Boomerang series aircraft, the scope and scale of his operation has expanded considerably. Firstly several other collectors and restorers of the type have decided in the past 12 months to exit from their projects and as a result several […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online follows on from our previous news on the rebuild of Bristol Hercules engines by Peter Brooke at Historical Aircraft Engines in Brisbane Queensland for the Bristol Beaufighter project of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) and Robert Grienert’s Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited. The major decision has now been made as to the version […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online attended the Wings Over Illawarra (WOI) 2019 Airshow on the 4th and 5th of May. This show has built up a great reputation as one of Australia’s premier airshows over the past few years and this year’s edition was no exception. The weather could have been kinder on the Sunday and curtailed Sunday’s […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds