‘CONNIE’ Super Constellation
Our Super Constellation “Connie” is back from a trip to Broken Hill and is open for inspection as part of your museum tour.
Our Super Constellation “Connie” is back from a trip to Broken Hill and is open for inspection as part of your museum tour.
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 [...]
The Cessna 310 was the first twin-engine aircraft design from Cessna to enter production after World War 2. The first Cessna 310 flew on 3 January 1953 with deliveries starting in late 1954. The sleek modern lines of the new twin were backed up by innovative features such as engine exhaust thrust augmentor tubes and the storage of all fuel in tip tanks [...]
De Havilland’s famous DH 82A Tiger Moth could trace a direct line of descent from the equally famous de Havilland DH 60 Gipsy Moth of 1925 which is regarded as having made possible worldwide development of the flying club movement. The Tiger Moth prototype was derived from the de Havilland DH 60 Gipsy Moth. It was powered by a de Havilland [...]
The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society owns and operates two Caribou aircraft. Tail number 210 is currently airworthy and work is in progress to bring tail number 234 up to the same standard.