Beaufighter Engine Restorations – June 2022

July 16, 2022 / warbirdman / Bristol Beaufighter, DAP Beaufighter, Warbird News, Warbird Restorations Projects

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Bristol Hercules core in engine stand undergoing separation of components note the specialised tooling in place

One of the most interesting and significant Aviation projects is that of Peter Brooke and Historical Aircraft Engines for the various Bristol Beaufighter restorations being undertaken in Australia and Europe. With the intervention of the COVID pandemic there has been quite a delay in our ability to revisit and report on the progress that Peter […]

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Beaufighter Engine Restoration News

June 10, 2019 / warbirdman / Bristol Beaufighter, DAP Beaufighter, Warbird News, Warbird Restorations Projects

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Bristol Hercules core in engine stand-its in good order

Warbirds Online follows on from our previous news on the rebuild of Bristol Hercules engines by Peter Brooke at Historical Aircraft Engines in Brisbane Queensland for the Bristol Beaufighter project of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) and Robert Grienert’s Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited. The major decision has now been made as to the version […]

Beaufighter Engine Restoration Progresses

July 2, 2018 / warbirdman / Bristol Beaufighter, DAP Beaufighter, Warbird News, Warbird Restorations Projects

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Bristol Hercules core assembly - top view of gear components

Work continues to rebuild Bristol Hercules engines by Peter Brooke at Historical Aircraft Engines in Brisbane Queensland for the Bristol Beaufighter project of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS). The great news at present is the arrival from New Zealand of no less than 16 tons of Bristol Hercules spare parts. This purchase has been […]

DAP Beaufighter engine restoration update

February 12, 2016 / warbirdman / Bristol Beaufighter, DAP Beaufighter, Warbird News, Warbird Restorations Projects

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It is 18 months since Warbirds Online last visited Peter Brooke at Historical Aircraft Engines in Brisbane Queensland to examine the fantastic work he is doing on the restoration of the Bristol Hercules engines to be utilized in the restoration of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Beaufighter project as well as some other HARS […]

DAP Beaufighter engine restoration

July 2, 2014 / warbirdman / Bristol Beaufighter, DAP Beaufighter, Warbird News, Warbird Restorations Projects

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Warbirds Online has recently visited the restoration site of several Bristol Hercules engines which will eventually power the Australian Beaufighter project under long term rebuild to airworthy condition at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) facility at Albion Park NSW. The rebuilding of a Beaufighter is a very complex task and although the project based […]