I visited the RAF Museum Hendon again this year for the first time in 9 years to see what progress has been made on their aircraft collection. One aspect of the collection which has always appealed to me has been the exhibits that served in Australia with the RAAF, including a Supermarine Walrus/Seagull, Lockheed Hudson […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft
Warbirds Online has recently visited the restoration site of several Bristol Hercules engines which will eventually power the Australian Beaufighter project under long term rebuild to airworthy condition at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) facility at Albion Park NSW. The rebuilding of a Beaufighter is a very complex task and although the project based […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Recently at Warbirds Online we were reviewing a collection of photographs compiled by the late Malcom Long, a renowned Warbird collector, restorer and identity. A series of these photos centered on the work of RAAF crash recovery crews. The teams of staff worked under the most primitive and arduous of conditions retrieving many aircraft from […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft
A very extensive and important restoration is taking place at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) where the former RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-105 is being meticulously returned to its exact WWII military configuration by the staff in the conservation area. Although a considerable amount of work had been previously undertaken by Malcom Long and others to […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Progress continues this month at Caboolture, Qld with the completion of the main spar refitting to the wing for Bristol (DAP) Beaufort A9-141. There are so many rivets to fit and so much to be done to ensure the wing is rebuilt straight and true before removing it from the jig. However, as seen on […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online is connected with the restoration effort to return Australian Built DAP (Department of Aircraft Production) Beaufort A9-141 to the air at Caboolture Queensland. As a result of our efforts in supporting Warbird restorations we regularly receive historic photographs and data from WWII veterans and their families as well as other organizations. Recently while […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft
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