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HISTORICAL Illawarra Regional Airport, Albion Park Rail NSW AIRCRAFT hars.org.au RESTORATION SOCIETY (02) 4257 4333 OFFICIAL SOUVENIR BOOKLET An aircraft & exhibit guide Editor: Ken Jackson Production Team: Phil Mason, Eric Favelle, Les Fisher, Dick Simpson and the helpful people at Weston Print Pty Ltd, Kiama. HARS would like to thank Name Surname, Name Surname, Name Surname for their contribution to XYZ. WELCOME TO History ................................................................................................................................ 3 Crew ................................................................................................................................... 5 Aircraft ................................................................................................................................ 7 Aircraft Specifications ................................................................................................23 Museum map ................................................................................................................28 Exhibits..............................................................................................................................29 Equipment ........................................................................................................................31 Membership and Sponsors ....................................................................................32 Wings over Illawarra ...................................................................................................33 Version 4.2015 ABN 22 060 694 859 HARS Information ......................................................................................................................34 HARS: History The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) is a not for profit voluntary Our membership exceeds 500. organisation that was formed in 1979 by a group of passionate aviation HARS has built an 11,000 square metre hangar complex at the Illawarra collectors desperate to preserve Australian aviation history that was fast Regional Airport with financial support coming partly from corporate disappearing. sponsorship, the general public and supportive entrepreneurs as well as events It was in this capacity that our early HARS members traversed the Australian that we attend with our aircraft. continent seeking aviation artefacts that were located on farm properties, HARS has currently more than 40 aircraft in its collection with many still scrap yards and bushland. These expeditions resulted in HARS providing flying and was recognised in 1997 by the International Guild of Air Pilots & Air considerable assistance to many restoration projects including outside of HARS Navigators when we received the Grand Masters Australian Award for the itself, both in Australia and overseas. restoration of our Lockheed Super Constellation. Of great significance was the recovery in the early 1980’s of two Beaufighter airframes from north western Australia. One, a Mark I Beaufighter aircraft, Bob De La Hunty was restored by HARS and subsequently exchanged for the Lockheed Super Mr Bob De La Hunty OAM Constellation, VH-EAG. That Beaufighter now resides in the United States Air (President HARS) Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. HARS became an incorporated society with a formal Constitution in 1988 and is a registered deductible gift recipient organisation allowing tax deductible Our Mission Statement donations to support its operations. To recover and, where possible, restore to flying condition aircraft that have The development of a mission statement strongly emphasising our direction played a significant part in Australia’s aviation history both in civil and military reflects what as a group we do today. That mission is: arenas together with the preservation of historical aviation records. “to recover and where possible restore to flying condition, aircraft or advise on aircraft that have played a significant part in Australian aviation history, both in the civil and military arenas”. We have actively recruited specialist people from within the aviation industry and business overall who have an interest in the preservation of historical aircraft. 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The RAN purchased two Autocars in 1949 and jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft...First flew in May1949... It was so good these arrived in Australia from Britain on board the aircraft carrier HMAS the RAAF immediately ordered 48 in 1950 ...And in honour of Australia being the Sydney. They were retired in late 1963. first export customer the aircraft was officially christened the “Canberra” (after the Capital of Australia) by Australian Prime Minister Bob Menzies in January 1951. Our aircraft was actually a civilian one and was originally owned by Kingsford Smith Aviation. It was acquired by the Naval Museum at Nowra and fully Canberra’s first entered RAF service in England in mid 1951 and Australia’s first restored