At six monthly intervals since January 2018, I have dropped by to visit the Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre (NAHC) in the small Wimmera town of Nhill, Victoria and check up their grass-roots, community based restoration of an Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1941 Avro Anson Mk.I (Serial Number W2364) and a pair of RAAF Link… Read More Restoring an Avro Anson – 2019 Update
At 11am on November 11th, 1918 the guns finally fell silent. The armistice to end The Great War, World War One, came into effect. 100 years later, Lest We Forget. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down… Read More 100 Years: 1918 to 2018 – RAAF Museum Remembrance Day WW1 Flying Display
The Fantastic Progress of the Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre Regular readers will know that since 2012 I have been following the progress of the grass-roots, community based restoration of a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Avro Anson Mk.I (Serial Number W2364, built in 1941) at the Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre (NAHC) in the small… Read More Restoring an Avro Anson and a Wirraway Comes Home – 2018 Update Part II
Regular readers will know I have been closely following the progress of the grass-roots, community based restoration of a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Avro Anson Mk.I (Serial Number W2364) being completed at a rapid rate by the Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre (NAHC) in the small Wimmera town of Nhill, Victoria. Since I first… Read More Restoring an Avro Anson – 2018 Update
The Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre (NAHC) hosted a great Military Vehicle Rendezvous in Nhill, Victoria on Saturday June 3rd, 2017. Not only were military vehicles present but also a selection of aircraft, classic cars and of course the NAHC centrepiece at the Nhill Aerodrome, the Avro Anson Mk.I restoration project. Nhill in World War Two The… Read More Nhill Military Vehicle Rendezvous 2017
For a small air show there was a lot of aircraft variety at the Kyneton Air Show on Sunday April 23rd, 2017. It was great to see historic and modern civilian aircraft flying and showing their capabilities alongside some spirited remote control aircraft flying too! Antique & Civilian Flyers RC Aircraft In my next post I… Read More Kyneton Air Show 2017 – Part V: Antique & Civilian Flyers
Aces Flying High 