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
Warbirds Online recently visited Fighter World Aviation Museum, adjacent to RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW where a great collection of aircraft is on display. If you haven’t been before or it’s been some time since you last visited Fighter World, then it is well worth the trip. Located just 20 mins drive north of Newcastle, Fighter World […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft
RAAF Base Williamtown in the Port Stephens area to the north of Newcastle, NSW has been the largest and most significant operational and training base for the RAAF Fighter fleet since WWII. During WWII the base supported very large fleets of Fighters and training aircraft to supply crews for the fight in the Pacific. Post […]
Fighter Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbirds
Warbirds Online hasn’t visited the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Nowra, NSW for some years, in fact 30 years! So we took the opportunity to visit the site on our recent trip to NSW. Many years ago, the Museum was largely an outdoors display, however over the decades a roof was added and finally a […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Helicopters, Warbird Restoration Projects
Although not Australia’s first Warbird, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII VH-HET RAAF S/N: A58-758 is surely the most famous – universally known as the “Pay Spitfire” This Spitfire was the last of a number of Spitfires purchased for the RAAF. It was built in the UK in 1945 and shipped to Australia arriving on 19/06/45 at […]
Historic Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
One interesting feature of the RAAF Richmond Bi Centennial Air Show in 1988 was the presence of 3 replica WW11 Fighters, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and 2 Spitfires. Externally the replicas were quite convincing and popular folklore has it that the Spitfires were cast from the real thing (supposedly Col Pays Spitfire). The aircraft were […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, Warbirds
Recently Warbirds Online visited the huge Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) facility at Albion Park, NSW. HARS is a long established society with a proven track record in acquiring and restoring a large number of significant civil aircraft and Warbirds. It is a very large modern facility even on a global scale. The workshops and […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
One of our favorite Queensland resident Warbirds is Douglas A20G Havoc #42-86786 currently residing at the RAAF Amberley Heritage Centre. This particular Havoc was manufactured in the USA in 1942 and flew in the Pacific with the 388th Bomber Squadron of the 312th Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force USAAF. On Sunday, 16th April 1944 (known […]
Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft