Warbirds Online recently travelled to HARS Parkes Aviation Museum, NSW to view the newly arrived ex RAAF Lockheed Neptune A89-302 5021 P-2E (built as P2V-4 133640 but modified on the production line to approximate a P2V-5 ) previously RAAF serial A89-595. This aircraft is extremely historic being the oldest surviving RAAF Neptune and the only […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited the Luftfahrt Museum Laatzen, the Museum of Aeronautical History in Laatzen-Hannover, Germany. The Museum is located in an industrial estate near Hannover in Germany and was a surprising and interesting collection of aircraft and aviation related exhibits – there are 4,500 exhibits located in 3,500 m² of exhibition space. The Museum […]
Aviation Museums, Cold War, Fighter Aircraft, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online is pleased to share the news on the recent sale of Hawker Sea Fury FB.X (10) also known as a “Bagdad Fury” FB.10 Construction No 37723 civil registered VH-SHF. The aircraft was placed for Auction with Liquid Asset Management on behalf of The Australian Government on 27th September 2018 and concluded 18th October. […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online attended the Temora Aviation Museum’s (TAM) Warbirds Downunder Airshow 2018 on October 12 – October 13, which again was a spectacular success. With a great line up of Warbirds in attendance, the Warbirds on display were high on quality and quantity, with only a couple of no shows due to unserviceability. Coupled with […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online visited Scone, NSW in October 2018 to view the progress on the restoration by Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR), a division of Pay’s Air Service, on two Mk IX Supermarine Spitfires, MH603 and MH415. We last reported on these aircraft in March 2018 and in the last few months significant progress has been made. MH603 and MH415 […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
At the recent Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford, UK one particularly attractive Warbird, a Fiat CR.42, was on show even though it didn’t participate in the flying program. The Fiat CR.42, actually a Swedish J 11, formerly Fv2542 (J 11 was the Swedish designation for C.R. 42) Serial No. FV 2542, A/c markings F9-10, now […]
Airshows, Fighter Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
At the recent Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford UK, Warbirds Online was very interested in a unique team of Warbirds, the Classic Formation team based in Switzerland, featuring 3 Beechcraft Model 18’s and 1 Douglas DC-3. Although this team has been in existence for some time it was our first occasion to witness this excellent […]
Airshows, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
While in the UK on our recent tour Warbirds Online was able to catch up with one of the most exciting Warbird restoration projects to emerge over the past decade, Hawker Typhoon RB396. The Hawker Typhoon was a legend of WWll, on the drawing board in 1938 and conceived as a fighter to replace the […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds