The Historic Aircraft Restoration Society operates its museum, dominated by the B747-400 VH-OJA, at Illawarra regional Airport, Albion Park, New South Wales. In cooperation with the museum, Bright Events have managed Wings over Illawarra air show for some years. After attempts for the last two years, WoI was finally visited by favourable weather in 2016. […]
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Wings over Illawarra 2016 – A Parade of Allies!
Posted by Dion Makowski on May 15th, 2016
Posted in airshows, Museums 
Tags: A-37 Dragonfly, Australia, Boomerang, Canberra, Caribou, Connie, DC-4, F-111, HARS, Historic Aircraft Restoration Society, Illawarra, Mustang, New South Wales, PBY, PT-17, RAAF Roulettes, Russian Roolettes, Sabre, T-28 Trojan, TBM, Wirraway, YAK-3U 
Comments Off on Wings over Illawarra 2016 – A Parade of Allies!Point Cook Australian Warbirds, Part 1
Posted by Ken Kula on October 11th, 2015
Photos by Les Neistat During a recent “Interactive Day” at the Royal Australian Air Force’s Museum at Point Cook, Les Neistat got the chance to see a trio of historic World War II aircraft in action. Judy Pay’s CAC-18 Mustang (flown by Peter Clements), Alan Arthur’s Kittyhawk IV, and Gary Herne’s Tiger Moth were shown off. RAAF Base […]
Posted in Museums Tags: Alan Arthur, Australia, Australian Flying Corps, CAC-18 Mustang, Curtiss, Curtiss Kittyhawk, DeHavilland Tiger Moth, Gary Herne, Judy Pay, Mustang, New Zealand, Peter Clements, Point Cook, RAAF Base Williams, RAAF's national museum, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force's Museum, Victoria, West Melbourne Comments Off on Point Cook Australian Warbirds, Part 1The Scooter Still Soldiers On…
Posted by Ken Kula on April 17th, 2013
Military jet bomber designs during the 1950’s ran the gamut from large and complex multi-engine supersonic weapons systems to small, simple, and subsonic craft. When Douglas Aircraft Company designer Ed Heinemann and his team set out to produce a U.S. Navy carrier borne strike aircraft, they agreed upon the smaller and simpler design spectrum for […]
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