Gib's Warbird Page

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Below are some of my photo's of various Warbrids taken in the past few years.
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Replica of a Fokker Triplane over Wanganui in 1989. (From memory 3/4 scale)


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A Hawker Sea Fury over Wanganui in 1989


2 Examples of Aussie ingenuity , designed and built during World War II

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CAC Boomerang Fighter at Avalon in 1992

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CAC Wirraway trainer at HMAS Albatross 1998.
Unfortunately this aircraft crashed at HMAS Albatross in May 1999 with the loss of 2 lives


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A-37 Dragonfly formerly of the South Vietnamese Air Force


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Former Polish Air force PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra

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Another Iskra, in the colour scheme of the Former Polish Air force aerobatic team.


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A couple of North American T 28 Trojans seen at various times at HMAS Albatross


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A former Royal Australian Navy Sea Fury taken at HMAS Albatross in the early 1990's


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A Chipmunk trainer taken at HMAS Albatross March 2001'


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Hawker Sea Fury taken at the Fleet Air Arm Museum HMAS Albatross , April 2001


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Lockheed P 2 Neptune


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More of the former RAAF Neptune taken at HMAS Albatross in April 2001


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Lockheed Constellation


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"Flew the Coop" Lockheed Lodestar,


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Lockheed Ventura of the RAAF Musemn in better days


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Grumman HU 16 Albatross, owned by some rich American Dude who was flying around the world.
Seen at HMAS Albatross in 1996


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Grumman S-2 Tracker of the RAN's Historic Flight


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Douglas DC 3/C 47 Dakota's including one of the RAAF Daks then still in service.
Taken early 1999

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Latest edition to the RAN historic flight, an Ex RAAF Dak


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The Ansett Airlines Douglas DC 3 taken at HMAS Albatross late 1999


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Mig 15 UTI taken at HMAS Albatross in 1999


The pictures in this section were taken a typical wet Nowra airshow in April 2002

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2 T-6 Texans


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DH 02


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Ex RAAF Aermacchi MB 326


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Mig 15 UTI taken at the Australian Museum of Flight HMAS Albatross


These pictures were taken at Nowra in October 2002

One of the RAN historic flights DC-3 Dakotas


RAN Sea Fury


One of the Museum of Flights Vampire's