One of the most bizarre victories of the air war in WWI was accomplished by an Australian, George Ingle Finch, who was not a pilot or even in the Australian Armed Forces. George Ingle Finch was born in Orange NSW in 1888 and was a chemist and Alpine climber who was also the putative father […]
WW1 aircraft
In memory of the Centenary of the commencement of WWI and the Gallipoli campaign Warbirds Online celebrates some very famous Australian Flying Corps (AFC) aircraft and today we recognize the efforts of those who fought in the AFC Bristol Fighters, F.2Bs or “ Brisfit” as it was known. The Bristol F.2B was first flown on […]
Australian Flying Corps, Fighter Aircraft, Historic Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
Warbirds Online continues with its description of the early equipment of the Central Flying School (CSF) at Point Cook Victoria, prior to and during WW1. One of the two types first ordered for the CFS was the Deperdussin Type A of which two were ordered (CFS 4&5) in 1912 and delivered in May 1913 at […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
Today Warbirds Online can report the arrival of a Bristol F.2b Fighter at Caboolture, Qld. The Bristol aircraft was built to exacting standards by Ed Storo in the USA and completed in 1993. Registered as N7724, in 2001 the aircraft made its way to New Zealand and was displayed at various airshows in the colors […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
In this period, the Centenary of World War 1, it is interesting to note that 2 original WW1 German aircraft are contained in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (AWM), including a Albatros D.Va single engine biplane scout/fighter aircraft, serial no. D5390/17. This aircraft was manufactured in mid-1917 and served with Royal Prussian Jasta […]
Australian Flying Corps, Historic Aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
Most Australians are aware of the contribution of the Australian Army and Navy in WW1 but few are aware that in the Great War Australia pulled well above its weight in the air war too. During the First World War Australia was the only member of the British Commonwealth to raise its own independent Flying […]
Historic Aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
Warbirds Online will be commemorating the Centenary of WW1 over the next 4 years and we will document through regular features, the history and progress of Military Aviation during the war and Australia’s part in it, particularly the Australian Flying Corps (AFC). Australia has a unique place in the history of Aviation going back to the […]
RAAF historic aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, WW1 aircraft
Regular readers of aviation publications will be aware of the recent import into Australia of 4 WW1 Fokker reproductions, 3 from Germany built by Achim Engles and another airworthy example from the USA. On the 15th of July there was a celebration to introduce all the arrival of the Warbirds to the Australian public – entitled […]
Fokker Aircraft, Historic Aircraft, Vintage Aircraft, Warbirds, WW1 aircraft