Warbirds Online recently travelled to Pays Air Service at Scone, NSW to follow up recent developments with their historic collection of Warbirds. Sadly, Col Pay, the founder of the collection passed away in an accident in December 2007. Since that time the oversight of the legacy passed to Col’s son, Ross who has a real […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Pioneer Aero in New Zealand are making good progress on their Warbird aircraft restorations. I recently revisited them at their facilities at Ardmore Airfield near Auckland, New Zealand to review the current Warbird restoration projects underway. The first thing that I saw was a Curtiss P40E model that was in the fuselage jig being re […]
Historic Aircraft, NZ Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects
Classics of the Sky Tauranga City airshow is one of the larger and more diverse of New Zealand’s program of Warbird and mixed aviation events. The airshow is organized by Classic Flyers NZ and is held every two years, with this years event held on the 25th and 26th of January 2014. Classic Flyers NZ is supported by […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, NZ Warbirds
I recently reviewed the book Airframe Album No. 1 – The Heinkel He 219 ‘Uhu’: A Detailed Guide to the Luftwaffe’s Ultimate Nightfighter (Airframe Album). This title is the first in a series of detailed profile style books of famous aircraft, the two other titles being on the Hawker Sea Fury and the CAC Boomerang. […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Books, Warbirds
Antonov An-2 VH-CCE was manufactured in Poland in 1989 and was eventually purchased some years ago by the late Barry Hemple and operated out of Archerfield, Queensland (Qld) on joy flights and as an airshow performer. The An-2 was sold to the current owner Saario Holdings Pty Ltd Runcorn, Qld following Barry’s controversial death in […]
Historic Aircraft
Warbird Grumman TBM-3 Avenger VH-MML put on a fantastic display at the Great Eastern Fly-In air display at Evans Head NSW in January 2014 and illustrated the excellent handling characteristics of the type. As an impressive aircraft, it is worthy of a news article in its own right. TBM-3 Avenger Bu. 53857.VH-MML was built in […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
An Italian Reggiane Re.2000 “Falco” has been recovered from the sea near La Spezia about 100 Kms south of Milan, Italy. La Spezia was a WW11 naval base and the Falco was scheduled to be mounted on the catapult of the battleship Vittorio Veneto. However, on a preliminary flight on April 4th 1943 the aircraft […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid-1930s. Often called Me 109, it was originally conceived as an interceptor and was one of the first modern fighters. It included features such as all-metal [….]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects