Lovely stuff. Is it an original rebuild or a new build and is it going back to Australia? There’s a video on You Tube of the first flight of one of the UK built replicas which talks about the handling. Nice to see the Bristol 170 in the background of the second picture. Is it a ground runner?

Yes, the Bristol taxi’s at Omaka airshows and on special occasions.

Omaka Aero Club’s Bristol, with fresh Hercules by Errol Cavit, on Flickr

Absolutely epic restoration thread: http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/17594/omakas-bristol-freighter-run-again