Posted by admin on Apr 24, 2017 in Blog | 0 comments

I have posted some new photos on the website including one of the wings for one of the P40’s together, thats when you realise that you need more room than your average double garage to accomplish this.  

Posted by admin on Apr 11, 2017 in Blog | 0 comments

Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting Warbird collector and all round nice guy Kermit Weeks  on his first visit to Ardmore in over 8 years. And today to beat the weather (again) we shifted the Bristol Freighter across the airfield and onto our tarmac, there was a fair bit of grass tracking involved in this so even though we haven’t dried out from...

Posted by admin on Apr 7, 2017 in Blog | 1 comment

The culmination of a lot of prep work came today when the wings were lifted off the Bristol Freighter and transported across the airfield to the Pioneer Aero tarmac. This is the first phase of what will be a rather large “pack up” before the aircraft leave New Zealand and heads back to Bristol. It is hoped that the fuselage can now be towed...

Posted by admin on Mar 31, 2017 in Blog | 0 comments

Normally there would be a great deal of suspicion with these two looking like this but we know that the tool man has just been and delivered the goodies.

Posted by admin on Mar 15, 2017 in Blog | 0 comments

Thanks to Dave Homewood for having me as his guest yesterday on Warbird radio live. below is a link if any of you wish to listen in. Well I think I have posted the link. http://www.warbirdradio.com/2017/03/wings-over-new-zealand-live-restorer-paul-mcsweeny-31417-9pm-et/

Posted by admin on Feb 9, 2017 in Blog | 1 comment

A beautiful Friday morning and all 3 of the containers have just left containing what was half of New Zealand’s servicable Strikemaster fleet. The tarmac is now clear and ready for the next “stocking filler”