Vintage Aviation News

Australian War Memorial Treloar Annex Open Day

February 3, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Phil Buckley Each September the Australian War Memorial in Canberra opens its Treloar storage annex at Mitchell, to the general public with the event being called “Big Things in Store”. The annex stores thousands […]

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Reevers Warbirds’s B-25 “Lucky Lady” Update

January 30, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 8

By Phil Buckley Reevers Warbirds, in Adelaide, Australia, moved its NAA B-25J Mitchell s/n 44-31508 from its long term storage in Port Adelaide to a new secure hangar at Parafield Airport in northern Adelaide over […]

Downunder PBY – Restoration Report from Rathmines, Australia

July 27, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

A couple of years ago, our intrepid Antipodean reporter, Phil Buckley, wrote a story for us about a dedicated team restoring a tired and weatherbeaten PBY Catalina in Rathmines, Australia. Rathmines Park, nestled beside Lake Macquarie in […]

Australian T-28D Trojan Back in the Air!

June 17, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Australian T-28D Trojan Back in the Air! words: Chris Godfrey and Phil Buckley photography: Carl Herbert Back in July, 2015 WarbirdsNews reported on Chris Godfrey and his efforts to bring his combat-veteran T-28D Trojan 51-3588 back into flying […]

Aussie MiG-21U Mongul-B Status Update

May 10, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

by Phil Buckley Last year WarbirdsNews revealed the West Australian MiG-21U project belonging to jet warbird enthusiast, Adrian Deeth. As some may recall, Adrian’s jet is a twin seater trainer version of the famous Soviet […]

English Electric Canberra WD954 – Nose Section Restoration Update

February 29, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The South Australian Aviation Museum near Adelaide may be little known outside of Australia, but they have an important collection of nearly two dozen aircraft, some of which are exceedingly rare. They currently have three […]

2015 Temora Aviation Museum – Warbirds Downunder Air Show Report

November 30, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

Temora Aviation Museum Air Show Report by Phil Buckley Over the days November 20th and 21st, 2015, the Temora Aviation Museum held their biennial Warbirds Downunder air show in southwestern New South Wales, Australia. The ramp and grass […]

Mighty Vulcan Makes Her Final Shows…

August 24, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As most of our readers will know, the fabulous ‘Tin Triangle’, the Avro Vulcan, will be making her air show curtain call in a few short weeks. It has been a marvelous run for […]

Combat Veteran T-28D Trojan Returning to Flight Downunder

July 13, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

WAR VETERAN T-28D TROJAN WARBIRD MAKING A COMEBACK Story by Phil Buckley with information/photos supplied by Chris Godfrey Speaking exclusively with WarbirsNews, Australian pilot and warbird enthusiast Chris Godfrey discusses some of the history around […]

Maitland Australia – Air Show Review

July 1, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

2015 MAITLAND AIRSHOW – AVIATION BACK IN THE HUNTER VALLEY – Words and Images by Phil Buckley Maitland, New South Wales, Australia: The weekend of July 4/5 2015 saw the Hunter Valley’s biggest regional airport – Maitland […]

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