The Phoenix is the quarterly magazine of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society Inc. With news, reviews and editorial content, keep up to date on member activities and aircraft restorations. Editor, Julie Hourigan Email: mhouri@iinet.net.au
Six years ago Harvard VH-SFY unceremoniously suffered power failure on take off at West Sale, Victoria, Operated as part of the RAAF Museums Historic Flight the aircraft was assessed by RAAF Museum engineering staff as Cat 5 (write-off) and placed into Museum stores at RAAF Laverton. A major departure of the undercarriage from the wing center section and subsequent spar [...]
Friday November 26th saw the Southern Cross wing leave its display area in the HARS Museum Building and head down to a new restoration area at the far end of the HARS Super Hangar complex. Ten HARS members gathered to push and pull the 60ft long wing down the taxiway. Passing aircraft chatter included such cute comments as; “VH-USU you [...]
Engineering work and restoration of the HARS Douglas C54/DC4 is now well underway. The Douglas was build in 1944 and as you would expect – for a 66 year old aircraft – it needs some tender love and care. The historic four engined airliner was donated to HARS in June of 2008, having not flown for the last 6 years [...]
Typical of the great cooperation between aviation museums in Australia, is the restoration of the WW2 Beaufighter Cockpit for Fighter World – RAAF Williamtown. The historic cockpit is undergoing final restoration works, including the fitting of the forward windscreen and perspex quarter panels. The static cockpit will form part of the impressive Fighter World collection and be on public display for visitors to [...]
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