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.

DH-82 Archives - HARS Aviation Museum

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De Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth A17-394 VH-DHV

De Havilland’s famous DH 82A Tiger Moth could trace a direct line of descent from the equally famous de Havilland DH 60 Gipsy Moth of 1925 which is regarded as having made possible worldwide development of the flying club movement. The Tiger Moth prototype was derived from the de Havilland […]