Hi all
Things from the Antipodes have been a little quiet on the forums of late so I thought I would show you all a few of the sights around Brisbane , Australia just to show you that we aren’t all taking it easy down under.
Recently I had a visit from Harold Mulder of Y-2k Spitfire fame and took him on a tour of the sights here.
Just to give you some idea there are five museums with airworthy Warbirds in or near Brisbane as well as a host of rebuilds – some of which are accessable.
Must see sights are
1) the Zuccoli collection at Toowoomba
2)Flying Fighters at Archerfield
3) Warbirds museum at Cabolture airfield
4) Queensland Air museum at Caloundra
5) Ralph Cussacks Beaufort restoration at Hendra, Brisbane
Types to be see amongst others include:-
CAC Mustang – Flying
Sea Fury X 2 flying
Fiat G59 – Flying
Yak 3 Flying
Yak 9 – flying
Vengance – flying
Spitfires X 4 – restorations
T28s X 3 flying
PT22 Ryans X 2 flying
CAC Wirraway X 2 flying
MiG 15 X 5 Flying and Static
L39 Albatross – flying
CAC Boomerang X 2 – flying
Fairchild argus
Beech Stagerwing
Steermans
Hawker Demon – restoration
Storch – restoration
Ventura Restoration – static
Plus many more
Anybody coming to Australia is welcome to get in touch and I’ll show you around.
here are a few sample photos
More photos on my Webshots account
http://community.webshots.com/user/setter125
Kindest regards
John Parker
By: setter - 11th May 2004 at 22:39
Hi
Guido Zuccoli – The inspiration behind the restoration of the Fiat was a very passionate man about his aircraft and as a result the Fiat reflected a little of the passion in the new paint scheme it now wears- It was also used in a Film shot near Newcastle NSW and I think that this probably is reflected in the color scheme.
I will post a before and after shots on a further post in a few minutes as well as some Boomerang shots as requested.
Kindest Regards
John parker
By: Stieglitz - 11th May 2004 at 18:15
Thanks Setter. The fiat looks stunning. I don’t believe it wears a authentic sheme, but I like it anyway.
J.V.
By: Der - 11th May 2004 at 18:06
Well, at least they’re safe, dry, undercover and not stuck up on a pole!
By: Growler - 11th May 2004 at 15:50
Aussie warbirds
Setter, thanks for posting some shots of warbird’s from the other side of this big country! The Zuccoli Centauro, in particular, looks magnificent – so what if it’s not 100% accurate! Some shots of the two Boomerangs would be much appreciated!
And of course you have that beautiful Lanc and an Me109 in original paintwork.
Don’t forget that there are two Lancasters here in Australia. The other is at the RAAFA museum at Bull Creek. This was donated by the French in the 1960s, and stood outside at Perth airport for a good few years. It has been put under cover and well cared for in recent years, and seems in excellent, largely complete (internal as well) condition. The port inner engine has been restored to turn over (not to “ground run” as claimed in some of our favourite monthlies!), and the guide at the museum I spoke to a few weeks ago claims that the aircraft is in far better overall condition than G-George in Canberra, whose recent restoration, he claims, was largely conservation and cosmetics.
By: setter - 10th May 2004 at 23:33
more than one Demon in Australia
Hi all
There are in fact two Hawker Demons in Australia.
One was recovered from Tasmania many years ago and another which I am a little hazier on is also undergoing a somewhat prolonged restoration to airworthiness here in Queensland and that is the one to which I was referring as it is in Queensland at Caboolture Museum. Jack McDonald was doing the restoration but it has not progressed much in recent years and I would dearly love to see it restored and flying.
The first aircraft was restored many years ago and is on display at RAAF Museum Point Cook I believe. It is a beautiful machine and really looks the part.
I have included photos of both aircraft.
Kindest regards
John parker
By: Der - 10th May 2004 at 22:25
And of course you have that beautiful Lanc and an Me109 in original paintwork.
By: Arabella-Cox - 10th May 2004 at 11:51
Phew, didn’t realise there was quite so much down there! That’ll be another destination being added to my list then, along with Malta 2005, Reno 2006… 😀
Hawker Demon? Interesting, I though K8203 at Skysport was a sole survivor? Do you have any more details of this one?
Ta,
Steve
By: Hamtech - 10th May 2004 at 11:02
Well done, great post!
There is a Spit, CAC Sabre, Hunter, F28-1000 and a few others I can’t remember at the Aviation Australia training school on Brisbane airport.
A little hard to get to but the Sabre is worth a look.
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