Recently I visited the restoration team at the B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Fund who are rebuilding the only Consolidated B-24 Liberator in the Southern Hemisphere, B-24M (RAAF serial number A72-176). The aircraft is being restored in one of the original WW2 hangars on the former Werribee Satellite Aerodrome, near Point Cook, Victoria. The project got underway […]
Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Since I last reported on the progress on the restoration of the Bristol Beaufort in November 2013, I am pleased to say considerable progress has been made with the Beaufort port wing. The wing, sourced in the USA but originally recovered from Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the 1970s, has finally yielded a serviceable main spar assembly which has passed all its exhaustive testing […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Saturday 1st of March 2014 marked 100 years to the day since the first Australian Military Flight from Point Cook. To celebrate the occasion a major Airshow entitled “Centenary of Military Aviation” was held at RAAF Williams, Point Cook over the weekend of 1st and 2nd of March and was well supported by the RAAF […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Warbird Restoration Projects
There is no doubt a Warbird everyone loves to see and hear is a Supermarine Spitfire. The sound is quite unique, especially the Merlin engine variants. Spitfire aircraft are elegant and aesthetically beautiful examples of the designer’s art. So the eventual inclusion of two more Spitfires on the Australian Warbird scene is cause for excitement. The Supermarine Spitfire […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
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
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
Kent Lee of Coffs Harbour NSW is a man of many interests and talents. What is less known is Kent’s abiding interest in aviation and flying. A particularly interesting aspect of his aviation passion is his collection of CAC Boomerang survivors of which he has 4 identities, which are verified [….]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects