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BS164 Ex RAAF A58 63 components under examination prior to restoration work at VFR Scone NSW

Spitfire Mk.V Restorations at Vintage Fighter Restorations

August 16, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

For the past few years, our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online has been following several important restorations at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR), a division of Pay’s Aviation in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Here is his […]

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603 – First Post Restoration Flight

December 13, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As noted in late November, Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.IX MH603 was fast approaching the conclusion of its down-to-the-last-rivet rebuild at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. We can now report, via our […]

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603 on Offer at Platinum Fighter Sales

October 3, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Following on from John Parker’s article earlier this week depicting the finishing touches which Vintage Fighter Restorations is applying to their Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (MH603) at their facility in Scone, New South Wales, Australia comes the news […]

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Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update September 2021

September 29, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently provided an update from Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales regarding progress on the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603. We have covered several […]

Supermarine Spitfire MH603 Performs First Engine Run

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

On June 16th, 2021 Supermarine Spitfire F.Mk.IX MH603 performed its first engine runs at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline was on hand to […]

Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update April 2021

April 20, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

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 […]

Vickers Supermarine Spitfire MK.IX final phases of restoration Scone NSW June 2020

Spitfire Restoration News Downunder

June 16, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

With the recent easing of work and travel restrictions in Australia as the nation begins to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic, our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online was able to visit Vintage Fighter Restorations […]

Mk IX Supermarine Spitfire MH 415 undergoing its first engine runa after restoration by VFR Scone NSW

Downunder Warbird Roundup

April 16, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

There is a fair amount of Spitfire-related news coming from Australia in recent weeks, and we thought our readers would be interested to hear from our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online who reports […]

Supermarine Spitfire MK VcT BS164 A58 63 restoration in fuselage jig at VFR Scone Nov 2019

RAAF Combat Veteran Spitfire Under Restoration in Australia

December 12, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

We thought our readers would be interested in a piece by our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online who reports on the arrival of three new restoration projects at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in […]

Spitfire Restorations Downunder – Restoration Report

March 29, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

From our good friend Phil Buckley, comes a recent progress update concerning a brace of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXs under rebuild with Vintage Fighter Restorations in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Owned by Ross Pay, VFR […]

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