Warbirds Online has finally been able to travel again in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic and we decided to make our first trip back to Scone NSW for an update on activity at Pay’s Air Service and Vintage Fighter Restorations on their Warbird fleet. Following completion and shipping of Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
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 […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
More exciting news from Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) at Scone NSW with the arrival of 3 new Supermarine projects – two Supermarine Spitfires F.VC (Trop) and a Supermarine Seafire Mk XV. The 3 projects have been resident in South Australia for some time and were recently purchased by Ross Pay and Paul Bennet for restoration […]
Australian Warbirds, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently journeyed to the NSW country city of Dubbo to visit one of the most skilled metal workers we have ever seen. Mark Nugent is a highly trained coachbuilder with an excellent reputation for high quality work. Interestingly Mark works in the fields of Motor Vehicle restoration and Aircraft restoration. Although it is […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited Vintage Fighter Restorations to view the progress on two Mk IX Supermarine Spitfires, MH603 and MH415. We last reported on these aircraft in October 2018 and since then the VFR team have again made great progress on the restoration of these aircraft. Mk IX Supermarine Spitfire MH415 has now overtaken MH603 […]
Australian Warbirds, 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 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
Warbirds Online recently visited the Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum in Scotland to view restored Supermarine Spitfire, Mk IIA P7540. This aircraft has been under restoration since 1982 when it was recovered from the waters of Loch Doon in Scotland and is a testament to the efforts of the hard working band of volunteers at […]
Aviation Museums, Fighter Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds