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
Glyn Powell has recently been reorganizing and preparing to take on the next phase in the de Havilland Mosquito restoration work at his Drury Hills base, near Auckland New Zealand. At the time of our visit in January 2014, work was about to commence on the construction of two fuselages with each likely to take […]
NZ Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
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
On 27 Sept 2012, the de Havilland Mosquito DH98 FB Mk26 KA114 flew again at Ardmore airfield in New Zealand for the first time since 1945. The Mosquito was a Canadian built aircraft and was delivered to the RCAF in 1945 and went straight into storage, later serving briefly with 77 Operational Training Unit and then back […]
NZ Warbirds, Warbirds
In New Zealand, following on from the first flight of Jerry Yegans de Havilland Mosquito, FB Mk26 KA114, comes news of two further Mosquito restorations in the wings and progressing well. Glyn Powell’s de Havilland Mosquito is an Australian built FB Mk40, converted to T Mk43 standard as a trainer and flown post war by the RNZAF […]
NZ Warbirds, Warbirds
A Hawker Tempest aircraft, II MW376, is under restoration in New Zealand by Pioneer Aero for a New Zealand based owner and will make a very exciting addition to the NZ Warbird movement. This Warbird served with the RAF and then the Indian Air Force and was retired in 1953 and then served as a decoy […]
NZ Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds