Historical Aircraft Restoration Society

About

The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, often referred to by its acronym, HARS, is an Australian-based aircraft restoration group. The group has two museums, at Shellharbour Airport and Parkes Airport in New South Wales, Australia. HARS was formed in 1979 by a group of aviation enthusiasts interested in the preservation of Australian Aviation History. Its mission is "To recover and where possible restore to flying condition, aircraft or types of aircraft that have played a significant part in Australian Aviation History both in the Civil and Military arenas". The group possesses a collection which includes several large and significant aircraft such as a Boeing 707 and a Boeing 747-400. Many of its aircraft are kept at an airworthy standard, including a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation which is the last remaining flying example in the world. Other examples are kept at a taxiable standard where restoration of airframes to an airworthy standard is not feasible. The group operates a Navy Heritage Flight, which operates a range of ex Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft in support of the Navy. The group's Boeing 707 was formerly owned by actor John Travolta, who donated...

Aircraft at the Shellharbour museum include:

- Boeing 707-138B 'Jet Clipper Ella' - N707JT R

- Boeing 707-338C 'Windsor Town' (forward fuselage) - ex-A6-627, VH-EAG

- Boeing 747-438 'City of Canberra' - VH-OJA

- Fokker F.VIIB/3m 'Southern Cross' (replica) - VH-USU A

- Lockheed AP-3C Orion - VH-ORI, ex-A9-753 A

- Lockheed C-121 Constellation 'Connie' - VH-EAG, ex-54-0154 A

- Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer - VH-SYS A Aircraft at the Parkes museum include:

- de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou - A4-275