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The Temora Air Force Centenary Showcase

April 7, 2021 WarbirdsNews 0

by Phil Buckley The eagerly anticipated Temora Air Force Centenary Showcase took place over the weekend of March 6th/7th, 2021 in the skies over the Temora Aviation Museum (TAM) in Temora, New South Wales, Australia. The event, […]

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From Scrap Heap to Salvation – A Sabre Rebirth Down Under

June 9, 2020 Editor 0

From The Scrap Heap to Salvation – A Sabre is Reborn by Phil Buckley Tucked away in Western Australia is a growing list of famous warbird types, which also includes jets these days. One of […]

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Pacific Combat Veteran Douglas C-47 Skytrain – Restoration Downunder

March 26, 2020 Editor 0

When we think of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, we invariably focus upon those aircraft which took part in the D-Day Invasion of June 6th, 1944. Those scenes of massed C-47s in the air, bedecked with […]

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI TE392 Flies in Australia!

January 15, 2020 Editor 0

On Monday, January 13th, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIe TE392 took the skies for the first time in some years, making two successful test flights from Archerfield Airport in Brisbane, Queensland following a short period of refurbishment. […]

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Birdcage Corsair Downunder – January 2020 Restoration Update

January 6, 2020 Editor 0

It has been some time since we did an update on the restoration of Bob Jarrett’s Vought F4U-1 Corsair Bu.02270 at Parafield Airport, near Adelaide, Australia. As readers will know from our previous articles HERE, […]

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Temora Aviation Museum – Warbirds Down Under Air Show 2018

December 27, 2018 Editor 0

Temora Aviation Museum – Warbirds Down Under Air Show 2018 by Phil Buckley The weekend of 12-13 October 2018 witnessed the eagerly awaited Temora Aviation Museum’s Warbirds Down Under Airshow in Temora, New South Wales. This year […]

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New Gate Guard Arrival at RAAF Base East Sale

August 16, 2018 Editor 0

By Phil Buckley and Nic Franklin. Photos by Nic Franklin The Royal Australian Air Force’s main flying training base is at RAAF Base East Sale in the fields of eastern Victoria about 130 miles east […]

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Another CAC Boomerang Nears Flight in Australia

July 9, 2018 Editor 2

Tucked away in a hangar in Brisbane, Australia, a pair of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerangs are slowly coming back together, with one of them, CA-12 A46-54, coming very close to completion. A46-54 rolled off CAC’s […]

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Winjeel ‘404 – A Home Coming and Return to Flight

June 26, 2018 Editor 1

Winjeel ‘404 – A Home Coming and Return to Flight by Stephan Bowtell, Nathan Bowtell and Phil Buckley Rising like a young eagle to fly once more, a former Royal Australian Air Force CAC Winjeel A85-404 has […]

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Great War Flying Display – Australian Air Show Report

June 8, 2018 Editor 1

TAVAS Great War Flying Display – April 2018 by Phil Buckley On the weekend of 21-22 April 2018 at Caboolture Airport, north of Brisbane, Australia, The Australian Vintage Aviation Society (TAVAS) held its Great War […]

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Platinum Spotlight: 1945 Supermarine Spitfire XVIe

April 14, 2021 0

A magnificently restored Supermarine Spitfire MK.XVI has just come up for sale with our sponsors at Platinum Fighter Sales. She is a former RAF example, serial number TE392, and readers might remember our January 2020 article where we […]

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CAF Lake Superior Squadron PBY Catalina – Restoration Update

In further PBY news, following on from our November 2020 restoration progress report concerning the Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron’s Consolidated PBY-6A Bu.64097, we bring more news on what has happened in the interim… The [...]
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