The annual Wings Over Illawarra not for profit Airshow took place on 5th May in perfect weather and with large crowds at Illawarra Regional Airport and was a super success. The show theme was “Celebrating Naval Aviation” with air displays by a Royal Australian Navy Seahawk helicopter (with the Red Berets) and the fascinatiog Navy Squirrel helicopter precision flying act. A [...]
On Tuesday 23rd April at mid day the HARS Catalina “Black Cat” seaplane performed public touch and go landings on Lake Illawarra near Albion Park NSW. The landings were made as part of the lead up to the Wings Over Illawarra Airshow that will be on Sunday 5th May at nearby Illawarra Regional Airport . Many members of the public watched [...]
At 5am monday 8th April 2013 RAAF F111 swing wing fighter bomber A8-109 arrived at HARS (click 4 more) for static display. This aircraft is in magnificent condition, having been beautifully prepared by RAAF personnel for us, and is now in the HARS hangar at Albion Park NSW being reassembled and prepared for public display by RAAF technicians. A8-109 was the last operational F111, being [...]
The long awaited total refinish of Connie has begun and at the 2013 Avalon Airshow, enthusiasts saw her newly repainted cowlings and red air intake lips. Now she is back at base the work will continue until Connie has a complete new coat to show off. Connie appeared in the flying display at Avalon and was open to the public for inspection. Come [...]
On 26th January the HARS PBY6A Catalina performed three touch and go landings on Newcastle Harbour north of Sydney NSW during their Australia Day maritime festival. The touchdowns were made just north of Horseshoe Beach and lift offs before Dyke Point. A huge crowd witnessed appreciated and applauded the demonstration by the big seaplane and many photos were taken and [...]
In another successful appearance, both HARS De Havilland Caribou army transports, our Catalina PBY6A, and Super Constellation “Connie” have graced the skies at the Avalon Airshow in Victoria from 28th February to 3rd March this year. Connie flew daily and also took part in the Night Alight display on Friday evening. One Caribou was open to the public and the other took part in [...]
The main celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Southern Cross flight to New Zealand by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew took place on Saturday 12 January 2013 at Gerroa NSW. The original Southern Cross flight left Seven Mile beach, at Gerroa, in the early hours of 11 January 1933. To support the celebration, HARS trucked the fuselage of our [...]
On 3rd November 2012 the HARS Catalina VH PBZ paid a visit to the Catalina Festival at the historic Rathmines World War 2 RAAF seaplane maintenance base on Lake Macquarie New South Wales and wowed the crowd with its water landing, taxi up the seaplane ramp, public inspection and departure. Over 15,000 people witnessed the event which was the first [...]
A team of hard working volunteers led by ex TAA engineer Reg Barker has restored Piaggio P166 ex VH MMP to static display condition for museum display. This aircraft had many owners in Australia including Ansett Airlines for a short while and is restored in the colors it wore during Ansett ownership. Our Piaggio has now resumed her former roles [...]
Since the rebuild and installation of the port outer wing in hangar one (seen after completion in our photo), The HARS C54 Skymaster (DC 4) ex VH PAF now VH EAY has been relocated to hangar 3 at HARS and surrounded with scaffolding to enable inspection of the fuselage upper regions and skins. This return to flight work is a big effort and [...]
The annual Wings Over Illawarra not for profit Airshow took place on 5th May in perfect...
On Tuesday 23rd April at mid day the HARS Catalina “Black Cat” seaplane ...
At 5am monday 8th April 2013 RAAF F111 swing wing fighter bomber A8-109 arrived...
The long awaited total refinish of Connie has begun and at the 2013 Avalon Airshow,...
On 26th January the HARS PBY6A Catalina performed three touch and go landings on...
In another successful appearance, both HARS De Havilland Caribou army transports, our...
The main celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Southern Cross flight to New...
On 3rd November 2012 the HARS Catalina VH PBZ paid a visit to the Catalina Festival...
A team of hard working volunteers led by ex TAA engineer Reg Barker has restored...
Since the rebuild and installation of the port outer wing in hangar one (seen after...
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