Warbirds Online continues its series on surviving and historic CAC C A-17/CA-18 Mustang and North American built P51 Mustangs. Today we feature the start of Australian production with the most historic surviving Australian produced CAC Mustang, m/f No 1326 NA110-34366 a CA-17 RAAF Serial A68-1 assembled from a “kit set“ of parts shipped from the […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
In our series on current operational Warbirds in Australia we look at another P40, P-40N-5-CU C/N 28748 USAAC tail No 42-104986 of the 49th Fighter Group, 8th Fighter Squadron. This Warbird was produced from a 1942 contract by Curtiss aircraft at Buffalo, New York in mid-1943 and upon delivery to the United States Army Air […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
It is over a year since Warbirds Online visited the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Parkes NSW Aviation Museum and storage facility. We recently returned to assist with the activities at both Parkes sites. HARS runs regular working parties to assist in growing the Museum at the Parkes airport and manage the storage facility at […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently travelled to HARS Parkes Aviation Museum, NSW to view the newly arrived ex RAAF Lockheed Neptune A89-302 5021 P-2E (built as P2V-4 133640 but modified on the production line to approximate a P2V-5 ) previously RAAF serial A89-595. This aircraft is extremely historic being the oldest surviving RAAF Neptune and the only […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited the Luftfahrt Museum Laatzen, the Museum of Aeronautical History in Laatzen-Hannover, Germany. The Museum is located in an industrial estate near Hannover in Germany and was a surprising and interesting collection of aircraft and aviation related exhibits – there are 4,500 exhibits located in 3,500 m² of exhibition space. The Museum […]
Aviation Museums, Cold War, Fighter Aircraft, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online is pleased to share the news on the recent sale of Hawker Sea Fury FB.X (10) also known as a “Bagdad Fury” FB.10 Construction No 37723 civil registered VH-SHF. The aircraft was placed for Auction with Liquid Asset Management on behalf of The Australian Government on 27th September 2018 and concluded 18th October. […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online attended the Temora Aviation Museum’s (TAM) Warbirds Downunder Airshow 2018 on October 12 – October 13, which again was a spectacular success. With a great line up of Warbirds in attendance, the Warbirds on display were high on quality and quantity, with only a couple of no shows due to unserviceability. Coupled with […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online visited Scone, NSW in October 2018 to view the progress on the restoration by Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR), a division of Pay’s Air Service, on two Mk IX Supermarine Spitfires, MH603 and MH415. We last reported on these aircraft in March 2018 and in the last few months significant progress has been made. MH603 and MH415 […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds