‘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.
Following a lengthy recovery, reassembly and restoration, our English Electric Canberra trainer is now on public display in our museum. Come visit us and sit in the restored cockpit.
Following the successful wing tests, HARS has forged ahead and reached a further milestone in the restoration to airworthiness of the Fokker F7/3M Southern Cross 2 with the delivery by Project Manager Geoff Timms of the spruce wood to begin the rebuild of the one piece wooden wing, and his collection of the three fully overhauled and ready to fly [...]
De Havilland Vampire trainer A79-637 continues to make progress back to Flight status under a team of engineers led by Terry Wilson. Fuselage painting work is now complete and our recent work has concentrated on the wing fuel cells, cell bays, and associated fuel piping. When the wing tank work is complete, the wings will be fitted. Work has also started on the engine fuel hoses [...]
A long term project at the HARS base has been the construction and installation of of a set of ten 9.5 metre high sliding doors for Hangar One. Thanks to our sponsors and supporters and the hard working HARS team led by Jim Hayes, four of the ten doors are now complete and in position ready for cladding.