On a recent trip to Melbourne, Richard Hourigan, a well known Boomerang collector and aviation historian, donated a CAC CA-12 Boomerang Canopy that will restored to flying condition and put to work on A46-73. The canopy which is largely complete will require a complete disassembly, refurbishment and replacement of hardware and the replacement of the forward canopy bow. The restoration process [...]
Work has re-started on the CAC Boomerang, with the trial-fit installation of the seat-rails and seat rail cross-bar assembly. Using an original cross-bar to template from (which was destroyed by fire), Peter Goard did a superb job in engineering the unit that will fly in A46-73. Thank you again Peter for your sterling work.
Recently, my CAC Boomerang (A46-73) which was deep inside the restoration workshops, was brought forward into the public museum exhibition space. Little did I know at the time, how doing this would spark a reunion of 63 years in the making, between Boomerang pilot and aircraft. Participating in a group tour on 23rd May with his friends, former RAAF pilot, [...]
A recent addition to the collection at HARS is the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-28 Ceres, an adaption of the CA-16 Wirraway, an advanced training aircraft used in WWII by the RAAF. Owned by the late Cliff Kearney of Blayney Air Farmers and recently acquired by HARS member Bill Smith as a HARS restoration project. With the airframe now re-assembled, the Ceres is [...]
As early as 1949 the RAAF began planning a replacement jet fighter for the locally-built CAC Mustang and DHA Vampire. Successive aircraft under consideration included the Grumman Panther; the proposed CAC large, twin-jet, all-weather CA-23 fighter; and the Hawker P.1081. In the event, Gloster Meteors were obtained in 1951 for service with 77 Squadron in the Korean War. In the same year, plans were [...]
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