Pacific Dakota Restorations in Caboolture, Queensland | Non-profit organisation

Pacific Dakota Restorations

Locality: Caboolture, Queensland

Phone: +61 448 013 659

Address: Hangar 102, McNaught Road 4510 Caboolture, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.pacificdakotarestorations.com/

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25.01.2022 This is a very interesting video of a P&W 1830 coming to life. I may need to look further into this as it has lots of interesting possibilities, and stop to good old way of testing for a dead plug

23.01.2022 After an amazing 24 1/2 years, and a fair few start and stops, today my Recreational Pilots licence has been upgrade to a CASA Pilots Licence. Next is my commercial which I hope to do this year.

21.01.2022 Well Dave has been very busy putting the final touches on Mustang Flights Australia, CA18 MK21 Mustang getting her ready for a post overhaul test flight. Thank you to Paul from Against the Wind for making the video. Also dont worry we will post more Dakota information soon. :-)

20.01.2022 Hats off to the Commemorative Air Force for helping people in need. Wish everyone effected by the floods a quick and safe recovery

19.01.2022 Tuesday 25th April Anzac Day. Here is a short video I made while assisting with the warbirds operating from Caboolture Airfield , Qld Australia. Its an honour to be a part of these operations commemorating those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the past and now. Lest We Forget

19.01.2022 Omaha beach Dakota flypast wow wow wow

19.01.2022 Kangaroos have a morning feed around the Dakota

18.01.2022 Happy Dakota Monday everyone

18.01.2022 Thank you Mark for this stunning shot of our aircraft

18.01.2022 ARDU 75th with HARS enjoy.

17.01.2022 What an amazing sight to behold.

17.01.2022 Some amazing photography from Duxford. What an event and from all of us at Pacific Dakota Restorations we wish all at Daks over Normandy the best and safe skys for this amazing event.

16.01.2022 Believe in your dreams

16.01.2022 A Fantastic picture of our C-47 in her early days with the Department of Civil Aviation (now CASA). Revised VH-CAO We can still see the registration on the paint stripped fin which is cool

15.01.2022 From everyone at Pacific Dakota Restorations we wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for a great 2018. Thank you very much for your support this year and we are looking forward to a very exciting and positive 2018. More on this later but for now hope you all have a great time with your families and friends and a safe and happy Christmas. Dave

14.01.2022 Today Dave assisted a number of aircraft involved in Anzac Day flypasts. Its an honour to be involved and we look forward to participating in the next few years. We will post more images in a few days... Lest We Forget

14.01.2022 We would like to congratulate TAVAS for putting on a fantastic Air Show this weekend. The amount of work it takes to do this sort of event is huge and the smiles and interest that all the visitors had shows how it went. Attached are a few pictures from today but will post more early next week. A great thank you to our volunteers for there support and assistance this weekend including Paul (Against the Wind) Michael, Phil, Colin Ian and Dan.

13.01.2022 Bob Parker an ex Australian Army WW2 veteran 97th birthday tour of our C-47

12.01.2022 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 of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

12.01.2022 What a great first day at the TAVAS Great War Flying Display. There was a lot of interest in the aircraft and we had the opportunity to show them through the Dakota. Great displays were completed by a number of WW1, WW2 aircraft and those of the current RAAF with a FA18 Super Hornet and C-17. A great thanks to our volunteers for their assistance and support.

12.01.2022 Great picture of our C-47s cockpit

11.01.2022 Today Dave was lucky enough to be able to lend a hand with a photo shoot involving some pretty spunky bikes and the SNJ. While there we did managed to get our hands a little dirty on the DAK. Keep an eye out for our upcoming newsletter which will have an update on everything we have been doing behind the scenes and what the plan is going forwards. - Kate

10.01.2022 For the last year and a touch Dave and his team at Complete Aircraft Care have been working on an overhaul of an Australian Build P-51D Mustang. It is with great pleasure and excitement that I can say the Mustang Flights Australia CA18 MK21 Mustang "Snifter" has returned to the skys once more. A Post overhaul test flight on CA18 MK21 Mustang "Snifter" was completed successfully on Monday 21/5/18. Thank you to Paul from Against the Wind for filming this memorable occasion and for producing this sort clip of a forthcoming video of the test flights.

10.01.2022 We would like to wish everyone a Fantastic New Year. Thank you to all our Volunteers for all their support and hard work and to all our supporters who have shown interest in the restoration to flight of Oklahoma Gal and Nose Section of FZ631. Your support is very much appreciated. 2017 looks to be a very exciting and busy year for us, with the aim still to have Oklahoma Gal flying again in 2018. We will post a update on the current status and plans for 2017 very soon.... Have a safe and exciting 2017 from all at Pacific Dakota Restorations

10.01.2022 When I was around 15 years old working at Shoreham Airport in the UK, Mark Hanna landed in his Corsair for an airshow. Walking out to the aircraft to have a look, Mark jumped off the wing and said hi. He asked if I would I like to have a look around the aircraft and sit in the cockpit. Marks kindness sits with me everyday, and I am fortunate to be in a position to do the same thing for others. Today was one of those days and it was such an privilege to take the time to sho...w people and especially the children around the Dakota & Mustang Flights Australia, CA18 Mustang. The smiles on their faces was just magic. One lad just loves the Mustang so much. The delight on his face when he walked up to the aircraft is worth the hard work involved to keep these aircraft flying, and then when I asked if he wanted to sit in the pilots seat well... you can only imagine! Many years ago Mark Hanna took the 5 minutes out of his day to show me around the Corsair. This has stayed with me all these years and changed my life. Using the Dakota and other aircraft I am privileged to work on I hope I can do this for other people now and into the future. Believe in your Dreams Dave

09.01.2022 C-47 Oklahoma Gal with the setting Lunar Eclipse and Mars last Saturday morning.

08.01.2022 Come and see us this weekend at this fantastic Airshow. We hope to offer tours through the Aircraft as well as meet some of our volunteers. We look forward to seeing you if you able to attend

06.01.2022 Stunning sunset tonight.

06.01.2022 If you wish to see more of what Dave does for a day job (lucky chap) you can either visit Caboolture later this month or can view a FaceTime live session regarding the major maintenance being carried out on Mustang Flights Australia CA18 MK21 Mustang (P51D). We will also post an update on the progress on the C-47 shortly and post Easter things will definitely be getting exciting

06.01.2022 We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a fantastic and safe holiday. Thank you for your support over the last year and we look forward to some exciting times in 2017.

04.01.2022 I was working with Mustang Flights Australia today and the engineers at HARS Aviation Museum - Albion Park conducted a ground run on one of there C-47s. Well if I needed any pushing to get ours going well that did it

04.01.2022 Some amazing photography from Duxford. What an event and from all of us at Pacific Dakota Restorations we wish all at Daks over Normandy the best and safe sky’s for this amazing event.

04.01.2022 Start your plans now. This amazing event will be happening in June 2019. It will probably be the last time this type of event will happen. We will be there!!

03.01.2022 Thanks to Keith Webb for the shot of Oklahoma Gal at the old Precision Aerospace facility in Wangaratta, 2004.

01.01.2022 Well Dave has been very busy completing the overhaul of Mustang Flights Australia Australian built P51 Mustang overhaul. This is very near completion. We cant wait to show videos of the Dakota in the near future.

01.01.2022 Come and visit us at the TAVAS airshow this weekend. There will be an amazing collection of very interesting aircraft from WW1 through to the current day. We will be displaying with Complete Aircraft Care, Mustang Flights Australia and The Texan