Warbirds Online looks into the past of a Supermarine Spitfire restoration HF Mk.9 RR232 which was imported into Australia and then rebuilt to static standard and made its way to the UK where it was finally rebuilt to fly again. It was fairly unusual in the 1980’s in that the aircraft was not an Australian […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online is pleased to announce that we have recently been involved in the ‘Heritage Disposal’ tender of 6 RAAF DHC-4 Caribou aircraft with the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre (QLD) Inc. (also operating as the Beaufort Restoration Group) which has secured preferred tender status on Caribou A4-228. This means that the AAHC Inc., in company […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online visited the airworthy restoration of DAP Bristol Beaufort A9-141 based at Caboolture airfield in February to view the recent progress on restoring this great Warbird. The Beaufort is repositioned yet again to allow for the fitting of the starboard wing which has been much anticipated. The wing is completed and preparations are being made […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online attended the RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre open day on Sunday the 21st of February 2016. The Heritage Centre days are becoming very popular and the traffic queue was very long extending for several kilometres, but it was well worth the wait. Since our last visit to the center the new front gate has […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
It is 18 months since Warbirds Online last visited Peter Brooke at Historical Aircraft Engines in Brisbane Queensland to examine the fantastic work he is doing on the restoration of the Bristol Hercules engines to be utilized in the restoration of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Beaufighter project as well as some other HARS […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online features one of the rarer types of Japanese aircraft surviving from WWII the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (“Peregrine Falcon”). The Ki-43 was a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War 11. Total production amounted to 5,919 aircraft and it was well regarded by its pilots and […]
Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online continues with a short update on the Pay’s Warbird collection at Scone, NSW. Hawker Hurricane C/N 60372, C-FDNL, Mk XII / IIB Serial No 5481 is currently having a multitude of small details finished before she takes to the air for its first flight. The aircraft has recently been in the paint shop […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online was given the great honour and privilege of sitting in the cockpit and starting both engines of Douglas Dakota USAAF C-47A 14050/25495 under restoration at Caboolture by Pacific Dakota Restorations under the capable supervision of Dave Kingshott. It may sound an easy task, but there is some trepidation as nobody wants to “break […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects