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 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
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
Following on from our story in January 2017 on Westland Wessex N7-216 WA216 which was at that time located at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour Sydney NSW, Warbirds Online can now update the replacement and dismantling of the aircraft and reveal its ultimate destination. Wessex N7-216 WA216 has been carefully dismantled from […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Helicopters, RAN historic aircraft
Recently Warbirds Online visited Scone NSW where Pay’s Helicopters has for a second year brought a modified Sikorski UH-60A Blackhawk, N5630J into the country to work through the Australian Bushfire season. The aircraft is owned by USA based company Timberline Helicopters and is one of 3 of the type they currently have in their fleet. […]
Helicopters, Warbird Restoration Projects
The Australian Aviation Heritage Centre Queensland (AAHCQ) continues work to restore their newly acquired Westland Wessex Mk31B ex RAN N7-214 coded “24” at Caboolture with a major task to refit the rotor blades. Regular readers will recall from our previous news article that the aircraft was recovered from RAAF Base Williamtown in July 2017. The […]
Australian Warbirds, Helicopters, RAAF historic aircraft
The Australian Aviation Heritage Centre Qld last week took delivery of 5 Bell OH-58A and CAC CA-32 Kiowa Helicopters made available through tender process by Department of Defence Disposals and Sales section. The aircraft were purchased in an incomplete but restorable state along with a package of spares, however they will require a large amount […]
Helicopters, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
The Australian Aviation Heritage Centre (Queensland) has secured ownership of Westland Wessex Mk31B ex Royal Australian Navy N7-214, WA214 as part of a tender arrangement with the Commonwealth of Australia. Warbirds Online was on hand to assist with the recovery and transport of the new acquisition to Caboolture Qld. AAHC (Qld) members and volunteers, along […]
Australian Warbirds, Helicopters, RAN historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects