It has been some time since a report has been done on work being carried out by Combat Aircraft Constructions (CAC) at their workshop near Archerfield Brisbane, on several CA12 Boomerang fighters being A46-77, A46-55 and A46-54. CA12 Boomerang A46-77 This Boomerang has taken a milestone step with the mating of the fuselage to the […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
It is now a year since we last reported on the progress being made by Greg Batts of Combat Aircraft Constructions PL on his extensive CAC Boomerang restorations at Archerfield in Brisbane Qld, Australia. Regular readers will know that the first flight of Greg’s own project, CA-12 Boomerang ex RAAF serial A46-54 has been imminent […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
It has been some time since Warbirds Online visited the Workshop of Greg Batts of Combat Aircraft Constructions at Archerfield, Brisbane. Readers will recall that Greg has been restoring his own CA-12 Boomerang in addition to currently working on 3 other CA-12 Boomerang’s A46-55, A46-77 and A46-92, not to mention having done fuselage work on […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Since Warbirds Online reported on Ian Baker and his restoration of CAC Boomerangs in June 2019 considerable progress has been made on several of Ian’s Boomerangs. So much so, that CA 13 A46-128 has advanced to the point where it can now be placed on the market as a viable restoration project. This aircraft was […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
It’s some time since we reported on the progress that Greg Batts of Combat Aircraft Constructions at Archerfield, Brisbane is making with the restoration of a number of CAC Boomerang aircraft to airworthy condition and in the interim much has happened. On the day of our visit 4 CAC Boomerangs were on the workshop floor undergoing […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Since we last visited Ian Baker in 2018 to view his efforts to restore several CAC Boomerang series aircraft, the scope and scale of his operation has expanded considerably. Firstly several other collectors and restorers of the type have decided in the past 12 months to exit from their projects and as a result several […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Today we share an update on the restoration by Ian Baker of CAC Boomerang A46-140, a RAAF CA-13 C/N 963 , which regular readers will know has been sold to a customer and is being rebuilt by Ian for the new owner. The aircrafts fuselage shell frame is now completed and is about to be removed for […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited Ian Bakers workshop at Mittagong NSW to view the detailed work being undertaken on the components he is rebuilding and manufacturing for his aircraft. Warbird enthusiasts will be aware of Ian’s 3 Boomerang projects being A46-89, 90 and 140. Ian typically works on General Aviation designs and manufacture as well as components […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds