Recently Warbirds Online visited the workshop of Historic Aircraft Restorations Limited, located within the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society’s (HARS) modern complex at Albion Park, NSW. This was a great opportunity to have a look at all the current projects under way and discuss with Robert Grienert, workshop manager, where the work is going in the […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Work continues at an astounding pace on the restoration of Jack McDonald’s Hawker Demon Warbird restoration project at Caboolture Queensland (Qld). Since our last report much work has been centered upon restoration of the fuselage structure of the aircraft and bringing together the required parts for the completion of the aircraft from Jack’s holding of […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
At Caboolture Air field in Queensland a new Warbird restoration project has emerged to restore a genuine WW11 veteran, USAAF C47A to airworthy condition in full service configuration as a flying memorial to the service of those who flew in WW11 in the type. The aircraft is a Douglas Dakota C-47A-30-DK and was manufactured by […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
During a recent trip to the UK I was very grateful to be given an inspection of the Bristol Blenheim Mk.I L6739 (G-BPIV) being completed to flying status by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) by John “Smudge” Smith. This project had its genesis in the 1970’s when Ormond Hayden Baillie acquired two Canadian built Bolingbroke […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online has acquired a large inventory of photographs over the years and we enjoy sharing these with our readers whenever we can. Today’s subject is an interesting collection of photos taken at RAF Butterworth in Malaysia and RAF Tengah and Seletar in Singapore, taken prior to their respective independence from the UK. These bases were […]
Cold War, Historic Aircraft
The Fighter Collection at Duxford has over the years included several of the P40 family of aircraft in its collection and as long as I have been travelling to Duxford I have always been impressed with these “Hawks”. Currently, it must be said that the Curtiss fleet at The Fighter Collection numbers just about the rarest […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
One reason a lot of Warbird enthusiasts attend Duxford UK is that it is the best place in the world to see the Supermarine Spitfire, both in numbers and in terms of rarity of the versions present. This year 12 Supermarine Spitfires participated in the Flying program at Duxford – 11 from the Airfield and […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
Our latest update on the Beaufort A9-141 is indeed very positive. The Beaufort is now back in its original hangar and restoration work continues. The current work includes the installation of the wireless rack and other internal equipment. The aircraft will be restored as closely as possible to its original condition and specification and this includes the […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds