Английская Википедия:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society

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Файл:Qantas (VH-OJA) Boeing 747-438 makes its final ever landing at Illawarra Regional Airport.jpg

Boeing 747-438, City of Canberra, landing at the Shellharbour Airport for delivery to HARS.

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Lockheed Super Constellation nicknamed Connie

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 in New South Wales, Australia, and Parkes, 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 the aircraft to the group in 2017. As of May 2022, however, the aircraft is still in the United States, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the process to relocate the aircraft to Australia significantly.

The arrival of the 747 required significant preparation to allow the aircraft to land at the small regional Shellharbour Airport without damaging the runway.

Collection

Aircraft at the Shellharbour museum include: Шаблон:Div col

• Boeing 747-438 City of Canberra (VH-OJA)
• Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation^A
• Consolidated PBY Catalina^A
• Dassault Mirage IIIO (A3-42)
• Lockheed P-2 Neptune^A (273 & 566)
• Douglas C-47 Dakota (A65-94 & A65-95)^A
• Douglas C-54 Skymaster^RA
• Convair 440^A
• de Havilland Vampire (A79-637, now VH-FJW^RA and A79-665)
• Bristol Beaufighter
• Bell AH-1 Cobra
• de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover^A
• Cessna 310 (VH-REK)^A
• de Havilland Tiger Moth^A
• CAC Winjeel
• Cessna 180
• Cessna 172
• de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou^A (A4-210 and A4-234)
• Let L-200 Morava^A
• Auster Autocar
• English Electric Canberra
• General Dynamics F-111C
• Grumman S-2G Tracker (N12-152812)
• Lockheed AP-3C Orion^A (A9-753)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
• Fokker F.VIIB/3m “Southern Cross” Replica^RA

Aircraft at the Parkes museum include: Шаблон:Div col

• Lockheed AP-3C Orion A9-759
• Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune A89-302
• Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune A89-272
• De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou A4-275
• Convair 580 VH-PDW
• Westland Wessex HAS.31B 813 (N7-203)
• Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra
• de Havilland DH.114 Heron VH–AHB

^A aircraft kept in airworthy condition.

^RA aircraft under restoration to airworthy condition.

See also

• List of aviation museums