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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Not every air show has to be big and loud to be spectacular. It is often the smaller, more intimate air shows which can be the real gems of the display season. Our long time […]
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