‘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.
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Southern Cross Wing On The Move
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 [...]
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GAF Turana Donated to HARS
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 [...]
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Southern Cross Wing En-Route
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 [...]
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Cessna 310B VH-REK
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 [...]
