Warbirds Online is proud to be assisting the Australian National Aviation Museum (ANAM) in its effort to secure and restore the oldest surviving CAC built Mustang resident in Australia. The ANAM had its genesis in the formation of the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group (AARG) in 1962 with a Museum being established in 1965 at Moorabbin […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Recently another little known CAC Boomerang survivor has come into the ownership of well-known Boomerang restorer Ian Baker of Sydney NSW. The aircraft is a CA-13 C/N 963 RAAF serial A46-140. The Boomerang was delivered by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation to the RAAF on 19 September 1943 and was issued to RAAF 83Sqn on 31.10.1943 and […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
The latest visit by Warbirds Online to Greg Batts, Combat Aircraft Constructions in Queensland has revealed considerable progress on several of the Boomerangs in Greg’s care. A46-249, a CA-19, and the last Boomerang built, is being worked on for The Old Aeroplane Company of Tyabb Victoria has seen a startling amount of work. When we […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Although not Australia’s first Warbird, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII VH-HET RAAF S/N: A58-758 is surely the most famous – universally known as the “Pay Spitfire” This Spitfire was the last of a number of Spitfires purchased for the RAAF. It was built in the UK in 1945 and shipped to Australia arriving on 19/06/45 at […]
Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
At Scone NSW work progresses on Hawker Hurricane C/N 60372, C-FDNL, Mk XII / IIB Serial No 5481. The Hurricane fuselage was sent to Matt Webber and the team at Luskintyre Aircraft Restoration last year. This is so that the fuselage woodwork could be refurbished and new cloth added to the fuselage, as it had […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
One interesting feature of the RAAF Richmond Bi Centennial Air Show in 1988 was the presence of 3 replica WW11 Fighters, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and 2 Spitfires. Externally the replicas were quite convincing and popular folklore has it that the Spitfires were cast from the real thing (supposedly Col Pays Spitfire). The aircraft were […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Warbirds
From the Warbirds Online photo vault is an image of Lockheed Ventura PV-1 Bu.48900 237-6136 RAAF S/N A59-72 “Southern Job”. This aircraft came on RAAF charge on 29/02/44 and served with 13 Sqn. The aircraft served in the South Pacific Theatre of operations until it crashed on 25/11/45 during take-off at Balikpapan. The Ventura ran […]
RAAF historic aircraft, Warbirds
Ian Baker continues to progress his rebuild of CAC CA-12 Boomerangs A46-89 and A46-90. Warbirds Online recently visited Ian in Sydney NSW and was able to see the great Warbirds and his spares holdings for them. We previously reported News on these projects in 2013 and Ian certainly hasn’t been sitting on his hands since […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds