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HARS flies AP-3C Orion and Dakota C-47 warbirds
The Lockheed AP-3C Orion clocked 16,000 flying hours from 1978 to 2016, while the Dakota C-47 served with the RAAF from 1945 to 2000.
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Reaching new heights with Aviassist
Ross Anderson, managing director of drone training experts Aviassist, talks through what it takes to succeed as a pilot in our exciting new industry.
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DC-3 to fly over Sydney Harbour on Thursday
HARS Aviation Museum is set to fly its Douglas C47/DC3 over Sydney Harbour on Thursday to mark 85 years since the aircraft’s first flight.
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Lancaster flown by RAAF during WWII painstakingly disassembled
‘G for George’, flown exclusively by No. 460 Squadron over the skies of Germany, will be reassembled and transferred to a new area of the Australian War Memorial.
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CAC Wirraway rescued from Lake Corangamite after 70 years
Aviation enthusiast Rod Knights has completed his 12-year mission to recover A20-714, which ditched in the lake during a low training flyover in 1950.
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HARS to display 50 heritage aircraft at Wings Over Illawarra
HARS Aviation Museum will be exhibiting various types of Australian aircraft, including the Super Constellation “Connie”, which arrived in Australia in 1991 for restoration, former Royal Australian Air...
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Video: Charles Kingsford Smith’s Southern Cross taxis again
A rebuilt replica of the aircraft that completed the first flight from America to Australia has made its first powered taxi run at HARS Aviation Museum.
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Video: Watch Charles Kingsford Smith’s Southern Cross airborne in 1990
Reader Mike Millett shares this archive footage of a replica of the first aircraft to fly from America to Australia before it was damaged 19 years ago. It's set to fly again soon after being restored...
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See Charles Kingsford Smith Southern Cross II taxi this weekend
Visitors will be welcome to come and see the rebuilt replica of Sir Charles Kingsford Smiths' Southern Cross II aircraft taxi down the tarmac at the HARS Aviation Museum this weekend, as part of the...
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RAAF reservists restore neglected Caribou
Warrant Officer Mike Downs led the team that removed old paint from A4-236, which had degraded to a “sub-standard state”. It will now be displayed at Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre.
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Southern Cross replica to fly again in public after 2 decades
The demonstration flight will take off from HARS Aviation Museum at Shellharbour Airport at 10:30am on Friday. The plane, dubbed the largest “close replica” aircraft in the world, has been restored by...
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‘An absolute legacy’: Southern Cross replica returns to the skies
The plane, which has been painstakingly restored by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) over the past 12 years, took off shortly after 10:30am at Shellharbour Airport and flew for...
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HARS to restore 9-decade-old Douglas DC-2
The historic aircraft, built at Douglas’ Santa Monica plant in May 1935, will be restored and displayed at the museum at Shellharbour Airport in NSW, though is not expected to fly again at this stage.
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Air museum gets 50th birthday present from Sunshine Coast Airport
Queensland Air Museum, based in Caloundra, is one of 16 organisations receiving grants of up to $1,000 as part of the airport’s inaugural $15,000 Community Support Fund.
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PNG crash site identified as missing RAAF Beaufort Bomber
The crashed aircraft was discovered late last year in the waters off the coast of Gasmata, Papua New Guinea, by Dr Andrew Forrest and Ocean Ecology.
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