Warbird Restoration – book or blog?

Another link I’ve found helpful: Tim O’Connor’s scratchbuilt P-26 projects in the USA.

http://www.peashooter.net/

Look out for one on the DH9 next year…. 😉

Thanks for the links, some good ones there. The Blackah Spitfire book sounds good as well.

There is also the book on the restoration of Brendan Deere’s Spitfire in New Zealand, I can also think of an American book about the restoration of a couple of P38 Lightnings. can’t remember the proper title though, sorry.

JNE Aircraft Services did a very good series of updates on the the restoration of their Hurricane AM274 until recently

For a blog I can highly recommend this one about a Hurricane being restored in the USA by JNE Restorations.
http://www.jneaircraft.com/am274/
Plenty of photos and history…and you can chart its progress over the years.

The nice thing about blogs (as opposed to books) is they’re updated frequently and they’re free!

If you’re not familiar with the USA-based forum Warbird Information Exchange, I can also recommend it.
There are frequent posts on ongoing restorations and recoveries.
And it’s not limited to USA projects or aircraft (this forum can occasionally seem UK-centric), there are many contributors from Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=3

Another book that might interest you is Restoring Museum Aircraft by Robert Mikesh.

There is a book titled “Spitfires and polished metal”, don’t know if it is still available. It’s a photo book done by Airlife. Quite good.

Paul Blackah of BBMF fame has a book on the restoration of the spitfire being published in about Feb 2014
Titled : Restoring a Spitfire: An Insight Into Building, Restoring and Returning Spitfires to the Skies

Jason

Any update on the DH.9 Andy? For me, that holds far more interest than yet another new-build Spitfire (although I know I’ll be in the minority here with that view!) 🙂

Wonder if this could be of interest:- https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150099586520909.285440.327974985908

Planemike

I am involved with a documentary being made for Ch4 on another Mk I Spitfire restoration project through build to flight that will be broadcast after the first flight of the aircraft concerned. This may be of interest in due course, MichaelJP59.

Yes, but it is only updated sporadically (nearly a year since the last one) and doesn’t give much info other than short photo captions

http://www.maam.org/p61/p61_rest.htm

Isn’t there one on the Black Widow also?

Moggy

Another one is Chuck Wahl’s website detailing his restorastions of an SBD Dauntless and SB2C Helldiver for Jim Slattery

http://vulturesrowaviation.com/

Here’s a good blog for you to follow. Tom Reilly’s XP-82 Twin Mustang project

http://xp-82twinmustangproject.blogspot.co.uk/p/home_17.html

And I also have a great one on the restoration of the Vacher Hurricane, the title and author of which escape me at this moment.

Moggy

Author is Peter Vacher!

http://www.grubstreet.co.uk/products/view/68/hurricane-r4118/

There is, of course, our very own Tangmere (Andy Saunders) excellent tome on Spitfire MK.I P9374

And I also have a great one on the restoration of the Vacher Hurricane, the title and author of which escape me at this moment.

Moggy