Warbirds Online continues with its description of the early equipment of the Central Flying School (CSF) at Point Cook Victoria, prior to and during WW1. One of the two types first ordered for the CFS was the Deperdussin Type A of which two were ordered (CFS 4&5) in 1912 and delivered in May 1913 at […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, WW1 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
Today Warbirds Online can report the arrival of a Bristol F.2b Fighter at Caboolture, Qld. The Bristol aircraft was built to exacting standards by Ed Storo in the USA and completed in 1993. Registered as N7724, in 2001 the aircraft made its way to New Zealand and was displayed at various airshows in the colors […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
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
The Royal Australian Navy operated twenty McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk aircraft including 4 Ta-4G twin seat trainers. Ten of these were lost in service, whilst upon the demise of the type in RAN service in 1984, the remaining 10 aircraft (including 2 of the 2 seater TA-4Gs) were purchased by New Zealand and joined the […]
Cold War, Historic Aircraft
In this period, the Centenary of World War 1, it is interesting to note that 2 original WW1 German aircraft are contained in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (AWM), including a Albatros D.Va single engine biplane scout/fighter aircraft, serial no. D5390/17. This aircraft was manufactured in mid-1917 and served with Royal Prussian Jasta […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
Most Australians are aware of the contribution of the Australian Army and Navy in WW1 but few are aware that in the Great War Australia pulled well above its weight in the air war too. During the First World War Australia was the only member of the British Commonwealth to raise its own independent Flying […]
Historic Aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
Warbirds Online visited the Great Eastern Fly-In air display held on the 10th and 11th of January 2015 at Evans Head, NSW. It was an excellent event as always and very well run. The stars of the show were naturally enough the Warbirds with a good selection of aircraft turning up including Paul Bennet’s TBM3 […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft