• Vampire Gets New Paint

    Vampire Gets New Paint

    Looking like a million dollars following its paint job, the HARS flying Vampire Project continues to move forward with progress on many different fronts. Project Leader Terry Wilson continues to coordinate the return to flight and has called on the service of a large variety of trades and skills with HARS  to keep the project moving. An engine clean room is [...]

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  • Vampire gets a nose job

    Vampire gets a nose job

    Things are moving along with the Vampire.  Mary Ellen Conrado out from the US to volunteer with HARS has done a great job on the fantastic work ably assisted by John Davis.  After further finishing work involving, among other things, applying reinforcing patches and tapes, then plan is to move the fuselage into hangars 2 & 3 for the application [...]

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  • Vampire A79-673 Wings Removed

    Vampire A79-673 Wings Removed

    Work has continued on Vampire 673 with the removal of both left and right hand wing sections.  With the Vampire now completely disassembled, Terry and the team will begin the tedious inspection processes required to bring A79-637 back to flight.

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  • Vampire 637 Engine Removed

    Vampire 637 Engine Removed

    On 22 May, HARS members removed the Goblin engine from Vampire A79-637 as part of the recently renewed restoration activities on that wonderful de Havilland aeroplane with its antecedents at the very beginning of the Jet era of aviation. Work on removing the engine began on 21 May, with Vampire team members ensuring that all the necessary disconnections had been [...]

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  • Vampire Project Moves Ahead

    Vampire Project Moves Ahead

    Restoration work on Vampire A79-637 is now back on track under the project management of HARS member Terry Wilson.  A special Vampire Quarantine area has been established and marked out to ensure no unwanted parts or materials contaminate the restoration workspace. The rear booms of the Vampire have been successfully removed and are now freestanding.  The next task at hand [...]

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