At HARS, we have people from all walks of life. What sets us apart are the many retired and active Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineers, Professional Pilots and Cabin Crew who either have or still work for Qantas. We are dedicated to Australian aviation history, and our collection of flying, under restoration and static display aircraft is testament to that. "Not bad for a bunch of old people".

Describe what people can expect.

The best description is "TARDIS". I have lost count of the people I have shown around who are literally amazed at what they see. I guess our advertising needs to be more spectacular.

Is HARS a standard museum?

Absolutely NOT!!! When you visit, a tour guide will escort you and show you all that is here. At HARS, you will be walking through operational hangars, able to get up close and personal with our aeroplanes and even explore some of them.

HARS to Receive F111 for Display - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society

We were honoured in October 2012 with a formal announcement by the Hon Jason Clare, MP, Australian Government Minister for Home Affairs, Justice and Defence Materiel that HARS is one of the museums successful in obtaining a loaned RAAF General Dynamics F111 aircraft for static display. The tail number of the aircraft is A8-109 which has significant history including service in Vietnam with the US Air Force. We anticipate having the aircraft delivered in the early part of 2013 in time for static display at Wings Over Illawarra on 5 May 2013. (With thanks Photo 1 credit RAAF Official Sgt McCarthy, Photo 2 credit Airliners.net)