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 […]
Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Its exciting news that the Bristol Beaufighter rebuild project has recently moved back into the workshops and display hangar at HARS Albion Park where work is about to recommence on the rebuilding of the Beaufighter aircraft itself. HARS has had a project to rebuild a Beaufighter to fly for decades however the opportunity to accomplish […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
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 […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
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 […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online visited Albion Park, NSW to view the progress on the Warbird restorations being carried out by Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited, located within the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society’s (HARS) facility by Robert Grienert and the team. We recently reported on the work on a Curtiss P40E and 3 Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft, however, there […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
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 […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online regularly visits the Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited facility at Albion Park NSW and we have been watching the progress being made on several Bristol Beaufighter cockpits being constructed as museum display items. These cockpits are restored for trading purposes and to produce exhibits for Museums seeking to display a significant item related to […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Recently Warbirds Online visited the workshop of Historic Aircraft Restorations Limited, located within the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society’s (HARS) modern complex at Albion Park, NSW. This was a great opportunity to have a look at all the current projects under way and discuss with Robert Grienert, workshop manager, where the work is going in the […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects