Today we report on Lockheed PV-1 Ventura ex RAAF A59-96 currently under restoration by the Queensland Air Museum (QAM). The only other remaining Ventura in Australia is the RAAF Museum example, as reported on by us in this article in 2015 and finished as A59-72. Other major components are in unrestored storage in Darwin. The […]
Australian Warbirds, Aviation Museums, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online attended the Wings Over Illawarra (WOI) 2017 Airshow on the 6th and 7th of May. This show has built up a great reputation as one of Australia’s premier airshows over the past few years and this year’s edition was no exception. From a Warbird perspective the first appearance in Australia of Focke-Wulf FW-190 VH-WLF […]
Airshows, Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects
Warbirds Online was recently at Caloundra, Queensland to visit the Queensland Air Museum to view the progress on their Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune SP-2H ex RAAF A89-277. This aircraft was delivered to the RAAF in March 1962 and served most of its time at RAAF Townsville and had an extensive service history in Australia and on […]
Australian Warbirds, Cold War, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online had the opportunity to view the progress on the restoration of DHC4 Caribou A4-228 at Caboolture with the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre Queensland. Once again amazing progress has been made since the last report. The Caribou has had a phenomenal amount of work completed on it including detail electrical, hydraulic and control cable […]
Australian Warbirds, RAAF historic aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
One of the best looking of the immediate post WWII Naval fighter aircraft was the Hawker Sea Hawk which had its genesis in a war time design but did not fly until 1947. The aircraft was one of the first British designed Jet powered naval fighters. The aircraft featured good range and armament and was […]
Airshows, Cold War, Fighter Aircraft, Warbirds
A species of radial engined “Warbird” which is becoming increasingly rare is the Convair CV-240, 340 440 series of medium transports and their military derivations. Warbirds Online was recently at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS Aviation Museum) at Albion Park NSW to view Convair CV-440, ZS-ARV. She arrived on the 21 August 2016 after […]
Aviation Museums, Historic Aircraft
Australia is home to a very unique Curtiss P40 aircraft – the only flying genuine P40F Merlin engine derivative of the famous P40 Hawk series of fighters. Owned and operated by Judy Pay of Tyabb Victoria the aircraft is P-40F-1-CU “Pee Wee” Serial Number 41-14112 Nose 106, built by Curtiss in Buffalo, New York during […]
Australian Warbirds, Historic Aircraft, Warbird Restoration Projects, Warbirds
Warbirds Online recently visited the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour Sydney NSW to photograph the beautifully restored Westland Wessex helicopter, an Mk31A/B serial N7-216 WA216. This is one of 27 Wessex Helicopters operated by the RAN from 1962 until retirement of the type in 1989. This is a long time for a naval […]
Helicopters, RAN historic aircraft