Work continues on the airworthy restoration of a genuine WWII veteran, Douglas Dakota USAAF C-47A 14050/25495. The aircraft was acquired by Pacific Dakota Restorations, a Not For Profit organization founded by Dave Kingshott and arrived at Caboolture Queensland after a ‘monster move’ from Mareeba, northern Qld in December 2014. Since the aircraft arrived it has […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
At the Historical Aircraft Preservation Society (HARS), Albion Park NSW, work continues on the restoration of CAC CA-3 Wirraway A20-99 to flying condition. Warbirds Online has visited Wirraway A20-99 several times over the last few years and considerable progress has been made. The engine has been fully rebuilt by Peter Brooke of Historical Aircraft Engines, […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
The Warbird population at Scone, NSW continues to grow with the recent announcement that another Spitfire MH415 is soon to arrive there from the USA where it had been in storage for many years as part of the legendary ‘Connie’ Edwards collection in Texas. The aircraft is owned by Warbirds Flight Club, a newly formed […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online hasn’t visited the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Nowra, NSW for some years, in fact 30 years! So we took the opportunity to visit the site on our recent trip to NSW. Many years ago, the Museum was largely an outdoors display, however over the decades a roof was added and finally a […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Helicopters, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online regularly visits the Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited facility at Albion Park NSW and we have been watching the progress being made on several Bristol Beaufighter cockpits being constructed as museum display items. These cockpits are restored for trading purposes and to produce exhibits for Museums seeking to display a significant item related to […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
At the start of the year Warbirds Online visited the Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited, located within the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society’s (HARS) modern complex at Albion Park, NSW. We were very pleased to see the work being undertaken on three Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters in the workshop. In the past month, we again visited the […]
Fighter Aircraft, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
The good news from The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) at Albion Park NSW is that one of their two Douglas C-47B-30-DK Dakota aircraft, Ex RAAF A65-95, Civil Registration VH-EAE is being refurbished to its RAAF World War II colors and configuration. At the time of our visit in July 2015 the C-47 was being […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited Pay’s Air Services at Scone, NSW to catch up with progress on the restoration of Warbird, Supermarine Spitfire IX MH 603. This aircraft is undergoing an extensive rebuild to flying condition. The Pays team are making great progress, despite also working toward preparations for the first flight of Hawker Hurricane XII […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects