Warbirds Online has the latest news on the progress on the 3 Lockheed P-38 Lightning rebuilds being undertaken by Robert Grienert and the team at Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited at Albion Park NSW. Regular readers will recall our News article “Lockheed P-38 Lightning Warbird Restorations” dated 28 October 2020. However, while on a recent visit […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online has a very great interest in the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, an aircraft which was unique in that it was a hugely successful aircraft of WWII and was the only mass produced combat aircraft of the era constructed largely of wood. The Mosquito was so successful that it was to perform a wide […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
The exciting news for Warbird enthusiasts is that the work to build the new Warbird Aviation Attraction at Scone NSW is proceeding very well. This will be the first purpose built Military Aviation Museum facility built in many years in Australia and will be a significant boost to the Warbird movement in Australia. So far […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbirds
It is over two years since Warbirds Online reported on progress on the 3 Lockheed P-38 Lightning rebuilds being undertaken by Robert Grienert and the team at Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited at Albion Park NSW. Readers will recall that the progress at that stage was concerned with the effort to rebuild the 3 huge wing […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently revisited the HARS Aviation Museum at Albion Park NSW to view the newly arrived aircraft from the Royal Australian Navy Historic Flight after they were gifted to HARS. Of particular interest on the day of our visit were the Grumman S-2G Trackers, two of which have now joined the original HARS resident […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAN historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
From the archives of Warbirds Online we today present a series of photos gathered from an unknown WWII parachute trainee taken at RAAF base Richmond thought to be in December 1943. With the advent of WWII being fought in a jungle environment in the Pacific theatre and the emergence of more and more Parachute operations […]
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Bettys Café Tea Rooms located at 6-8 St. Helen’s Square, York UK was a base for many RAF and Commonwealth airmen and not just for its tea and cakes. In 1937 Betty’s had obtained a liquor license which resulted in a cocktail bar and basement bar being constructed and little did the proprietors know that […]
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