Warbirds Online features one of the rarer types of Japanese aircraft surviving from WWII the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (“Peregrine Falcon”). The Ki-43 was a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War 11. Total production amounted to 5,919 aircraft and it was well regarded by its pilots and […]
Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online continues with a short update on the Pay’s Warbird collection at Scone, NSW. Hawker Hurricane C/N 60372, C-FDNL, Mk XII / IIB Serial No 5481 is currently having a multitude of small details finished before she takes to the air for its first flight. The aircraft has recently been in the paint shop […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online has a great affection for the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito (known as the Wooden Wonder) in its many variants, not least of all because the type was built under license here in Australia during and after WW11 and served the RAAF with distinction although for a number of reasons it was too late […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft
The Royal Navy Historic Flight, in conjunction with the Fly Navy Heritage Trust operates the Hawker Sea Fury Hawker Sea Fury T20 G-RNHF (VX281) which Warbirds Online covered in 2014 on our tour of the UK air show season. Sadly, this aircraft suffered a damaging crash landing after a catastrophic engine failure. VX281 is now […]
Historic Aircraft
Warbirds Online was given the great honour and privilege of sitting in the cockpit and starting both engines of Douglas Dakota USAAF C-47A 14050/25495 under restoration at Caboolture by Pacific Dakota Restorations under the capable supervision of Dave Kingshott. It may sound an easy task, but there is some trepidation as nobody wants to “break […]
Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online attended the Warbirds Downunder Airshow at Temora on the 20th and 21st of November 2015 and it was a great event. One of the feature attendees at the Airshow was Chance Vought Corsair F4U-5N, Bu No 124493 FAH603, VH-III. The aircraft displayed several times at Temora and is a beautiful sounding machine on the ground […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online continues its series on Australian War Memorial (AWM) exhibits, with a story on Hawker Sea Fury VW232 finished as VX730 on display at the AWM, Canberra. The Hawker Sea Fury was one of the last active piston engine fighters to see service with the Navies of the World and it was also one of […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, RAN historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online recently traveled to Canberra to see the restoration of RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-105 at the Treloar Technology Centre, the Australian War Memorial’s storage and workshop facility to get an update on progress since our last report on the project in 2014. Jamie Croker, one of the Memorial’s Large Technology Conservators restoring the historic […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects