Restoration facility at Rialto Municipal Airport. Westpac owns several WWII aircraft, and is currently involved
in with
restoration
work with warbird clients. WestPac completed a meticulous restoration
of a P-51D flown by Bud Tordoff for Paul
Allen's Group / Heritage Flight Museum.
The group has worked with Australian 75
Squadron to recover P-47 and P-38 wreckage from Finschafen,
Papua New Guinea. The details of these recoveries, clients
and even photographs of the wrecks are not available to the
public due to confidentiality agreements. Despite this,
several articles, including Aeroplane Monthly "Buried
Thunderbolts to Fly Again" (May 2004) and Warbirds International "Out
of the Pit" by Michael (May 2004).
Aircraft Collection
P-47D Serial
Number 45-49385
B-25J Serial
Number 44-86715
F7F-3E
Bearcat Bureau Number 80375
