HARS tour guide and Lex McGowan award winner, Mr Glenn Owens, this week donated to the HARS museum a rare Government Aircraft Factory Turana radio controlled drone – serial number 22. Developed from the Ikara anti-submarine missile, the Turana was intended to provide a parachute recoverable pilotless target for use in gunnery and missile defence training by the Royal Australian [...]
ANZAC day 2010 provided a unique opportunity for the HARS maintenance and flying crews to roll-out the unique and diverse aircraft fleet in honour of servicemen and women past and present. Participating in the ANZAC day flyovers were the PBY Catalina, Cessna 180, CAC Winjeel, C-47 Dakota and the Lockheed Neptune. Many thanks to the HARS members involved in the [...]
April 14th, 2010 will see the much anticipated Southern Cross wing arrive to the HARS restoration workshops. On its arrival it will be unloaded into the Museum hangar where it will undergo detailed examination by the restoration engineers. Having been damaged on its last flight, the large and delicate timber wing requires repairs to the outer 20 ft of its [...]
Boomerang A46-73 has been transferred to the sheet metal shop this April, where work is progressing on the firewall. Whilst in the sheet metal shop, work has advanced on the Boomerang hydraulic services, with the overhaul of the landing gear selection valve, flap valves and cowl-flap valves and rams. Many thanks to Gary, Nathan and Richard who continue to provide [...]
Wirraway A20-99 continues to advance under the guidance of Rob Greinert and a small team of volunteers. To date the main thrust of the project has been to refurbish the wing center section and the installation of fuselage systems. The wing center section overhaul has included NDT inspection of the wing attach angles and overhaul of fuel and hydraulic systems. [...]
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