Ian Baker continues to progress his rebuild of CAC CA-12 Boomerangs A46-89 and A46-90. Warbirds Online recently visited Ian in Sydney NSW and was able to see the great Warbirds and his spares holdings for them. We previously reported News on these projects in 2013 and Ian certainly hasn’t been sitting on his hands since […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online has again visited the restoration facility (Combat Aircraft Constructions) of Greg Batts in suburban Brisbane to update our readers on progress on his prodigious CAC Boomerang restoration projects. Since our last visit, Greg has advanced his own aircraft CAC Boomerang CA-12, RAAF serial A46-54 with the final fitting of 99% of the wiring […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
During the month of December Warbirds Online featured the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) Boomerang aircraft its history and news on restoration projects currently underway in Australia. There could be no more suitable aircraft to be celebrated in this way. As a part of our ‘special feature’ on the CAC Boomerang we shared a number of videos and have consolidated four of […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird videos, Warbirds
Kent Lee of Coffs Harbour NSW is a man of many interests and talents. What is less known is Kent’s abiding interest in aviation and flying. A particularly interesting aspect of his aviation passion is his collection of CAC Boomerang survivors of which he has 4 identities, which are verified [….]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Every Warbird enthusiast will surely have a sturdy collection of Warbird books, both as a handy reference and for the pleasure of reading. I recently acquired The CAC Boomerang: A Detailed Guide to the RAAF’s Famous WWII Fighter (Airframe Album) and consider it to be a worthy candidate for a book review. It is not often that you […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Books, Warbirds
Originally an Ansett engine/structures guy and builder of experimental kit planes, and now running an aviation manufacturing company, choosing to restore a Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) Boomerang fighter was a completely new concept for me. In 2006 I had the opportunity to purchase a CAC Boomerang fighter from Malcom Thompson [….]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Brisbane’s Mark Walker is a long standing aviation enthusiast, having had an interest in preserving and restoring aircraft for many years. Early in 2001, Mark pondered upon which aircraft he should restore. He immediately thought of the Supermarine Spitfire which was an iconic aircraft, served with the RAAF and was very desirable. Reality arrived with […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
I have long been a devotee of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) Boomerang fighter – a great little Australian Battler! Then after some thought I decided to actually do something about my passion by owner/builder constructing a CAC Boomerang aircraft of my own. In 1994 I obtained a stripped CA-12 frame from Tocumwal,NSW and commenced collecting Boomerang […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects