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Former RNZAF Harvard Under Restoration in Wanaka, New Zealand

July 1, 2020 WarbirdsNews 0

Callum Smith’s Twenty24 Ltd. has just begun the restoration of North American Harvard Mk.IIa in Wanaka, New Zealand for Masterton-based warbird pilot, Bevan Dewes. Contstructed for a U.S. Army Air Force’s contract as AT-6C 41-33720 […]

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Aermacchi MB-339 – The New Gate Guard at Wanaka

September 29, 2015 Editor 1

On September 28th in Wanaka, New Zealand, the local community celebrated the region’s long association with warbirds by placing an Ex Royal New Zealand Air Force jet trainer on a pole at the entrance to Wanaka Airport. […]

Airshow News

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina a Definite Maybe for Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014

June 19, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

One of the crowd favorites at the biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow, held in even-numbered years in Wanaka, New Zealand, is hoped to return to the event in 2014. Last attending the 2010 show, […]

Aviation Museum News

Ex-RNZAF Avenger Gifted to Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society

June 10, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

An ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Grumman TBF-1 Avenger aircraft that the Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society (GAPS) of Gisborne, New Zealand been looking after for the past 14 years has just been officially gifted […]

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Air Show Report: Warbirds Over the Beach 2013

May 23, 2013 WarbirdsNews 7

The aerial display portion of Warbirds Over the Beach 2013 was severely hampered by bad weather. While we surely would have liked to be able to see the full program, having travelled a fair distance […]

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Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Historic World War II Dambusters Raid

May 17, 2013 WarbirdsNews 1

The night of May 16-17th, 1943 saw the execution of Operation Chastise, better known as the Dambuster Raid, the culmination of a year and a half of hard work, developing and testing an innovative new […]

Airshow News

World’s Only Flying Mosquito Flew Today!

May 7, 2013 WarbirdsNews 63

Regular readers of Warbirds News know we’ve been following the progress of Jerry Yagen and the Military Aviation Museum’s de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, from its shipment from New Zealand to the announcement of its first […]

Aviation Museum News

Short Brothers Flying Boats Make a Splash at New Zealand Museum

May 3, 2013 WarbirdsNews 11

The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), located in Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand has recently gotten it’s massive Short S.45 Solent 4 ZK-AMO “Aranui” under cover in it’s new 32,000 square foot Aviation Display […]

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GA Groups tell FAA of Threat to Flight Training in Limited Category Aircraft

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PRESS RELEASE – The fallout from a recent court decision regarding compensated flight training in Limited Category aircraft threatens the ability to train and maintain proficiency in a broad spectrum of aircraft, according to letter […]

Warbird Restoration News

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Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update April 2021

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently made another visit to Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales to check out progress with the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603. We [...]
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