The Temora Aviation Museum is currently home to the only two Supermarine Spitfires flying in Australia, including Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII Civil Rego VH-HET, RAAF S/n: A58-758 which we covered in our article The Pay Spitfire – The Last of the Best. The “other” Spitfire is Mk XVI Ex RAF TB863 Civil Reg VH-XVI. This […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online continues to report on the work being carried out by Vintage Fighter Restorations at Scone NSW on two very historic Supermarine Spitfires, both of which have an excellent WWll provenance, Supermarine Spitfire IX MH 603 and Supermarine Spitfire MH415. Spitfire IX MH 603 Since our last report more progress has been made on […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited Pay’s Air Services at Scone NSW to view the restoration of the Supermarine Spitfires and other aircraft in the workshop. Ross Pay has reorganized the workshop facilities at Scone and the Warbirds, including the Spitfires, which are now located in the main hangar at Pay’s Air Services, along with the Hawker […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online looks into the past of a Supermarine Spitfire restoration HF Mk.9 RR232 which was imported into Australia and then rebuilt to static standard and made its way to the UK where it was finally rebuilt to fly again. It was fairly unusual in the 1980’s in that the aircraft was not an Australian […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
One reason a lot of Warbird enthusiasts attend Duxford UK is that it is the best place in the world to see the Supermarine Spitfire, both in numbers and in terms of rarity of the versions present. This year 12 Supermarine Spitfires participated in the Flying program at Duxford – 11 from the Airfield and […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, Warbirds
The Yeovilton air show 2014 was well supported by the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight with the attendance of Spitfires MK356 (Mk LFIXe) and PS915 (Mk PRXIX) and the units Dakota ZA947 which is now painted to represent Dakota FZ692 of No 233 Squadron, around the D-Day period in 1944 . The two Spitfires put […]
Airshows, Fighter Aircraft, Historic Aircraft
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