HARS Aviation Museum is looking for a volunteer LAME B1/1 to join our Fokker F27 “Returning the Friendship” Project. Our world-class museum has 2 airworthy Fokker F27 Friendships which need ongoing TLC. Are you interested? If so, at the very least you will need to be a member of the museum […]
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The wings of friendship returned to Australian skies when the second of two Fokker F27 aircraft landed at its new home at HARS Aviation Museum in late June. Two specialist ferry pilots and an engineer flew the “relatively new” 34-year-old Fokker Friendship from New Zealand via Norfolk Island and the […]
March 2017 saw the much anticipated structural test of the wing after the completion of its extensive five year repair. Happily, the test consisting of placing 2000 kg on each outer wing section, went well. Following the test doped fabric covering was applied the to the six metre re-built section […]