Work still goes on in the Warbird world even in these uncertain times of the COVID-19 virus. It’s good to have a diversion, so Warbird Online is featuring the recent restoration work underway at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) at Scone NSW. The big news is that Mk IX Supermarine Spitfire MH415 has now been completed […]
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Warbirds Online completes our series on the repainting of CAC Mustang CA-18 PR.22 A68-199 at Scone NSW. The refinishing of the aircraft is now complete and the aircraft is back in service. There is no camera installation as yet which will complete her restoration if it is decided to take that step. At present, as […]
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The refinishing of Mustang CA-18 PR.22 A68-199 at Scone NSW is ongoing under the watchful eye of Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR). Warbirds Online returned to Scone in early November 2019 to discover what progress had been made in the application of the color scheme. Previously we reported (Oct 2019) on the aircrafts history, previous color […]
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Progress is ongoing on the refinishing of the CAC Mustang CA-18 PR.22 1524 Ex RAAF A68-199 paint scheme. Warbirds Online recently visited the Pay’s Air Service paint shop at Scone NSW to view the work being undertaken by Benni Walters on this aircraft since we last visited in August 2019. Further to our earlier report […]
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Warbirds Online reported last year on the return to flight of CAC Mustang CA-18 PR.22 1524 Ex RAAF A68-199, now VH-URZ. This is a very historic aircraft mainly because of its later civil use and was the second last CAC built Mustang its history is detailed in our previous story CAC Mustang CA-18 A68-199 September […]
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Warbirds Online continues our series on surviving CAC built Mustangs with CAC CA-17 Mk20, C/N 1364 Ex RAAF A68-39. This aircraft was constructed at Fisherman’s Bend Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) and delivered to the 1 Air Depot (AD) RAAF Laverton on the 3rd March 1945. However, as the war had ended the aircraft was placed […]
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Warbirds Online continues our series on Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) CA-17/18 Mustang survivors with a barely surviving aircraft, Ex RAAF A68-5 a CA-17 Mk.20 construction number 1330. As the serial indicates this was the 5th CAC produced Mustang constructed from partially finished components imported from the USA. The Mustang was delivered to the RAAF No […]
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Warbirds Online continues its series on surviving and historic CAC C A-17/CA-18 Mustang and North American built P51 Mustangs. Today we feature the start of Australian production with the most historic surviving Australian produced CAC Mustang, m/f No 1326 NA110-34366 a CA-17 RAAF Serial A68-1 assembled from a “kit set“ of parts shipped from the […]
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