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Warbird Restorations at Parkes Aviation Museum

February 20, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online recently revisited the Parkes Aviation Museum in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia to participate in some of the volunteer restoration work taking place there. He took the […]

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Australia’s Oldest Neptune Moves to HARS Parkes Aviation Museum

January 2, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online recently visited the Parkes Aviation Museum in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. The museum, which is closely affiliated with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (better known as […]

Reviving The History of Bristol Beaufighter’s Engine Restoration

August 29, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 6

The brutish Bristol Beaufighter is a rare beast these days, with just a handful of complete survivors, and none currently in airworthy condition. The biggest problem with getting a Beau’ flying again, outside of their […]

Bristol Beaufort – Restoration Report

August 3, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

From our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online comes a recent report on the restoration of Bristol Beaufort A9-141 at the Australian Aviation Heritage Center at Caboolture in Queensland, Australia. The Beaufort was a […]

Boomerangs Downunder – A Restoration Report

February 21, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang is one of the lesser known Allied fighter types which made its way into combat during WWII. It was an important stop-gap fighter of Australian design and manufacture based upon […]

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Overhauling A Kittyhawk Downunder

January 22, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

With the recent feature article that WarbirdsNews published concerning Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.1A ET574 that recently re-emerged in Egypt following a rather unfortunate makeover, we thought we might followup with a story from the other side of […]

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Lightnings Downunder – P-38 Restoration Report

January 12, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 9

We at WarbirdsNews thought our readers would love to see some news about the three Lockheed P-38 Lightnings currently under restoration in Australia. Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline recently visited Historical Aircraft Restorations Ltd.’s […]

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Hawker Demon Resurrected in Australia

February 9, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Based upon an article by John Parker of Warbirds Online. All photos via John Parker, unless noted otherwise. John Parker recently visited Caboolture Airfield in Queensland, Australia. The site is famous around the world for […]

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Warbird Restorations at Parkes Aviation Museum

Australia’s Oldest Neptune Moves to HARS Parkes Aviation Museum

Reviving The History of Bristol Beaufighter’s Engine Restoration

Bristol Beaufort – Restoration Report

Boomerangs Downunder – A Restoration Report

Overhauling A Kittyhawk Downunder

Lightnings Downunder – P-38 Restoration Report

Hawker Demon Resurrected in Australia

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