A significant addition to the Eastern Bloc cold war fighter force was the MiG-17, also known as the Lim-5M or Lim-6bis when produced under License in Poland and China as the Shenyang J-5 (for local use) or F-5 (for export) . The MiG-17 was a transitional Fighter designed to be a transonic evolution of the […]
Australian Warbirds, Cold War, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Pilot
A very interesting development within the restoration projects underway at RAAF Base Amberley Qld, under the RAAF Heritage Branch, is one of the first practical Helicopters in RAAF service, a Westland built Dragonfly HR3 Serial number WG725. The aircraft was at the Fleet Air Arm Museum (FAAM) at Nowra NSW until May 2020 when she […]
Australian Warbirds, Helicopters, RAAF historic aircraft, RAN historic aircraft
Warbirds Online was recently passed on a collection of 1950’s era photos and postcards mainly produced as promotional material by USA aircraft manufacturers in order to promote their innovative designs to garner support from Government and the Defence Department for their submissions to various contracts. Many of these designs were serious production aircraft whilst others […]
Cold War, Observation aircraft, Warbirds
The exciting news for Warbird enthusiasts is that the work to build the new Warbird Aviation Attraction at Scone NSW is proceeding very well. This will be the first purpose built Military Aviation Museum facility built in many years in Australia and will be a significant boost to the Warbird movement in Australia. So far […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently revisited the HARS Aviation Museum at Albion Park NSW to view the newly arrived aircraft from the Royal Australian Navy Historic Flight after they were gifted to HARS. Of particular interest on the day of our visit were the Grumman S-2G Trackers, two of which have now joined the original HARS resident […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAN historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Looking back in time, Warbirds Online undertook an Aviation tour of the UK with a group of fellow aviation enthusiasts from Australia in 2003. It was a great trip and the memorable adventure was to attend the NATO Air Show in Scotland at Royal Air Force station Leuchars, located in Fife, on the east coast […]
Airshows, Cold War, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online has been visiting the Australian War Memorial for over 50 years and one of the great focuses of interest for us has been the extensive collection of Australian Defence Force aircraft dating back over 100 years. This is an internationally recognized collection and is growing by the day. Recently it was announced that […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
More exciting news from Scone NSW – Ross Pay has purchased two former RAAF Forward Air Control CA-25 Winjeels, A85-411 and A85-426 plus a spares holding. The move to purchase the aircraft comes as the Scone Aviation Attraction Museum is under development at Scone airport. The two aircraft operated extensively in the Hunter Valley from […]
Australian Warbirds, CAC Aircraft, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds