After nearly 12 months of routine maintenance and continuing restoration, the HARS PBY6A Catalina moved from the back of hangar 3 into the light once more, ready to fly again. The left and right leading edges of the main wing were removed, inspected, minor repairs carried out and then replaced on […]
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Work to rebuild the wing of the flying replica of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s Fokker F7/3M Southern Cross will now proceed after the structure passed a vital deflection test. The wing was recently inverted and mounted in a heavy steel support, and then loaded with bricks supplied by local company M J Rowles. Seen in […]
Its on again! Sunday 6th May. Come to Illawarra Regional Airport and see a great airshow featuring DeHavilland and the return of the fabulous Caribou. Also the Roulettes and other defence aircraft, Temora Aviation museum, cars, train rides and much more. Click on WWW.woi.org.au for details. Dick Simpson photo.