Warbirds Online is proud to be assisting the Australian National Aviation Museum (ANAM) in its effort to secure and restore the oldest surviving CAC built Mustang resident in Australia. The ANAM had its genesis in the formation of the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group (AARG) in 1962 with a Museum being established in 1965 at Moorabbin […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Recently another little known CAC Boomerang survivor has come into the ownership of well-known Boomerang restorer Ian Baker of Sydney NSW. The aircraft is a CA-13 C/N 963 RAAF serial A46-140. The Boomerang was delivered by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation to the RAAF on 19 September 1943 and was issued to RAAF 83Sqn on 31.10.1943 and […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
The latest visit by Warbirds Online to Greg Batts, Combat Aircraft Constructions in Queensland has revealed considerable progress on several of the Boomerangs in Greg’s care. A46-249, a CA-19, and the last Boomerang built, is being worked on for The Old Aeroplane Company of Tyabb Victoria has seen a startling amount of work. When we […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
At Scone NSW work progresses on Hawker Hurricane C/N 60372, C-FDNL, Mk XII / IIB Serial No 5481. The Hurricane fuselage was sent to Matt Webber and the team at Luskintyre Aircraft Restoration last year. This is so that the fuselage woodwork could be refurbished and new cloth added to the fuselage, as it had […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
One interesting feature of the RAAF Richmond Bi Centennial Air Show in 1988 was the presence of 3 replica WW11 Fighters, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and 2 Spitfires. Externally the replicas were quite convincing and popular folklore has it that the Spitfires were cast from the real thing (supposedly Col Pays Spitfire). The aircraft were […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Warbirds
Warbirds Online has long admired the CAC Sabre CA27-83 Mk.32 A94-983 which has had quite a service and civil history. Manufactured in November 1957 as an RAAF fighter and delivered to 1 Aircraft Depot and then to 76 Fighter Wing at Williamtown it then served with 3Sqn RAAF at Butterworth, Malaysia in 1958 until it […]
Australian Warbirds, Cold War, RAAF historic aircraft
Ian Baker continues to progress his rebuild of CAC CA-12 Boomerangs A46-89 and A46-90. Warbirds Online recently visited Ian in Sydney NSW and was able to see the great Warbirds and his spares holdings for them. We previously reported News on these projects in 2013 and Ian certainly hasn’t been sitting on his hands since […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Recently Warbirds Online visited the huge Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) facility at Albion Park, NSW. HARS is a long established society with a proven track record in acquiring and restoring a large number of significant civil aircraft and Warbirds. It is a very large modern facility even on a global scale. The workshops and […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds