Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Inc » Engine Recovery http://hars.org.au Cnr Boomerang Avenue & Airport Road, Illawarra Regional Airport, Albion Park Rail NSW 2527, Australia. Mon, 21 May 2012 05:48:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cordoba, Spain – Engine Recovery Mission – Day 2 http://hars.org.au/2009/10/cordoba-spain-engine-recovery-mission-day-2/ http://hars.org.au/2009/10/cordoba-spain-engine-recovery-mission-day-2/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:50:31 +0000 benmorgan http://hars.org.au/?p=1125 Day 2 of the Engine Recovery Mission in Spain was both a good news and bad news day.  HARS member “Reg” was lucky enough to celebrate his 69th Birthday!  The bad news however, was that HARS member Eric Favelle has all the symtoms of a detaching retina, so Eric is on his way home.

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane!  We ended the day with showers which have descended into rain.  Likewise tomorrow with more rain expected on thursday.   All engines on our a/c are ready to come off, but #4 will probably be the last.

A special thanks to the Cordoba Aeropuerto maintenance/cropdusting facility who are being exemplary in their assistance to the HARS team.  Liaison with the Swiss goes from strength to strenghth.  Francesco arrives Friday and one of their sponsors Thursday.  We’re VERY happy with what we’ve achieved.

We are off to LON tomorrow starting with the train after brekky!

Great work guys!

]]> http://hars.org.au/2009/10/cordoba-spain-engine-recovery-mission-day-2/feed/ 1 Cordoba, Spain – Engine Recovery Mission Day 1 http://hars.org.au/2009/10/cordoba-spain-engine-recovery-mission-day-1/ http://hars.org.au/2009/10/cordoba-spain-engine-recovery-mission-day-1/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:40:43 +0000 benmorgan http://hars.org.au/?p=1114 As part of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Soceity engine acquisition and rebuild programme, a team of dedicated HARS engineers have travelled to Cordoba, Spain, to recover four radial engines and propellors.

The team arrived at sunrise (08:30, due to  a combination of longitude and daylight saving) and was provided direct access to the recovery site.  The team wasted no time in getting into the task of undertaking the removal of the four engines and propellors.  From the attached photos you can see the two tired DC-7C’s on which the team spent a solid 8 hour day converting it to engine and prop spares!

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