423 results found
Registration / Serial:N7-222
Military Code:832/32
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-58 Wessex
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31A
C/n (msn):WA222
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703414Submit Correction
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One of 27 Wessex helicopters operated by the RAN between 1962 and 1989. It was damaged in a forced landing on a beach near Rockhampton in November 1974 and was airlifted out by a Chinook. Returned to service and lastly used as a training aid at Wagga Wagga, it entered the FAA Museum at Nowra in 2015 later moving on to HARS. N7-226 is now displayed instead at Nowra.
Registration / Serial:N7-222
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31A
C/n (msn):WA222
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:N7-222
Military Code:832/32
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-58 Wessex
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31A
C/n (msn):WA222
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703414Submit Correction
View count: 168
One of 27 Wessex helicopters operated by the RAN between 1962 and 1989. It was damaged in a forced landing on a beach near Rockhampton in November 1974 and was airlifted out by a Chinook. Returned to service and lastly used as a training aid at Wagga Wagga, it entered the FAA Museum at Nowra in 2015 later moving on to HARS. N7-226 is now displayed instead at Nowra.
Registration / Serial:N7-222
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31A
C/n (msn):WA222
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A84-502
Aircraft Original Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Generic Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Version:English Electric Canberra T4
C/n (msn):71469
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703398Submit Correction
View count: 138
Built in Britain as Canberra T.4 WT492 in late 1955 but transferred from the RAF to RAAF in mid-1956, serving with 2 SQdn, ARDU ((Aircraft Research and Development Unit, Woomera) and 6 Sqdn before becoming a ground instructional airframe at Wagga Wagga in 1964. Stored at Australian Aviation Museum Bankstown from 1983 and to HARS here at Albion Park in 2010 where external restoration was undertaken.
Registration / Serial:A84-502
Aircraft Version:English Electric Canberra T4
C/n (msn):71469
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A84-502
Aircraft Original Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Generic Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Version:English Electric Canberra T4
C/n (msn):71469
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703398Submit Correction
View count: 138
Built in Britain as Canberra T.4 WT492 in late 1955 but transferred from the RAF to RAAF in mid-1956, serving with 2 SQdn, ARDU ((Aircraft Research and Development Unit, Woomera) and 6 Sqdn before becoming a ground instructional airframe at Wagga Wagga in 1964. Stored at Australian Aviation Museum Bankstown from 1983 and to HARS here at Albion Park in 2010 where external restoration was undertaken.
Registration / Serial:A84-502
Aircraft Version:English Electric Canberra T4
C/n (msn):71469
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A94-901
Other Marks:01
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-26/27 Sabre
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-27 Sabre Mk31
C/n (msn):CA27-1
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703395Submit Correction
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In July 1954 A94-901 was the first Sabre to enter RAAF service. It was the second Avon Sabre built following the prototype and served with various squadrons. From 1961 to 1965 it was part of the 76 Sqdn 'Black Panthers' aerobatic team based at RAAF Williamtown and was struck off charge in 1966, then used as a gate guardian at Fishermans Bend. After being displayed at the Mildura Warbirds Museum, Vic, it was externally restored by Hawker de Havilland at Bankstown, moving to HARS in late 2006
Registration / Serial:A94-901
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-27 Sabre Mk31
C/n (msn):CA27-1
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A94-901
Other Marks:01
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-26/27 Sabre
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-27 Sabre Mk31
C/n (msn):CA27-1
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703395Submit Correction
View count: 214
In July 1954 A94-901 was the first Sabre to enter RAAF service. It was the second Avon Sabre built following the prototype and served with various squadrons. From 1961 to 1965 it was part of the 76 Sqdn 'Black Panthers' aerobatic team based at RAAF Williamtown and was struck off charge in 1966, then used as a gate guardian at Fishermans Bend. After being displayed at the Mildura Warbirds Museum, Vic, it was externally restored by Hawker de Havilland at Bankstown, moving to HARS in late 2006
Registration / Serial:A94-901
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-27 Sabre Mk31
C/n (msn):CA27-1
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A89-281
Military Code:81
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Version:Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7281
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703393Submit Correction
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The last of a batch of twelve SP-2H Neptunes supplied under MDAP to Australia in 1962, allocated BuNo 149081 and becoming A89-281 on arrival for service with 10 Sqdn RAAF Townsville. Flown to Amberley for disposal at the end of 1977 and taken in by the Chewing Gum Field Museum, QLD for static display. Trucked to Archerfield Airport in 1990. Although registration VH-NEP was reserved it was not taken up and was eventually dismantled between 2003 and 2005 having been donated to HARS, becoming the third Neptune in the collection and providing spares for their flying aircraft.
Registration / Serial:A89-281
Aircraft Version:Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7281
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A89-281
Military Code:81
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Version:Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7281
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703393Submit Correction
View count: 204
The last of a batch of twelve SP-2H Neptunes supplied under MDAP to Australia in 1962, allocated BuNo 149081 and becoming A89-281 on arrival for service with 10 Sqdn RAAF Townsville. Flown to Amberley for disposal at the end of 1977 and taken in by the Chewing Gum Field Museum, QLD for static display. Trucked to Archerfield Airport in 1990. Although registration VH-NEP was reserved it was not taken up and was eventually dismantled between 2003 and 2005 having been donated to HARS, becoming the third Neptune in the collection and providing spares for their flying aircraft.
Registration / Serial:A89-281
Aircraft Version:Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7281
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A79-665
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 100/113/115 Vampire
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 115 Vampire T35
C/n (msn):DHA4187
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703379Submit Correction
View count: 180
Previously displayed at Perth, WA and Bankstown, NSW then to HARS in 2007 in taxi-able condition. Like A79-637 alongside and a number of other preserved Vampires, in the mid-1960s flew with the RAAF 'Telstars' aerobatic team.
Registration / Serial:A79-665
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 115 Vampire T35
C/n (msn):DHA4187
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A79-665
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 100/113/115 Vampire
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 115 Vampire T35
C/n (msn):DHA4187
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703379Submit Correction
View count: 180
Previously displayed at Perth, WA and Bankstown, NSW then to HARS in 2007 in taxi-able condition. Like A79-637 alongside and a number of other preserved Vampires, in the mid-1960s flew with the RAAF 'Telstars' aerobatic team.
Registration / Serial:A79-665
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 115 Vampire T35
C/n (msn):DHA4187
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:WG630
Military Code:K-110
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):[ WG630 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703362Submit Correction
View count: 191
This Sea Fury arrived in Australia as deck cargo aboard HMAS Vengeance in 1952 and served the RAN till 1959 when it was installed in a test rig at the National Building Technology Centre in Sydney, used as a wind machine to test building materials. In 1986 it was placed at the Australian War Memorial near Canberra but next year went into store until trucked as a stripped airframe to Nowra in 1998 where it was used in the restoration to flight of Sea Fury VW623, then being placed on static display in the FAA Museum. Moved to HARS in 2020 where it is intended to return it to flight again.
Registration / Serial:WG630
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):[ WG630 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:WG630
Military Code:K-110
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):[ WG630 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703362Submit Correction
View count: 191
This Sea Fury arrived in Australia as deck cargo aboard HMAS Vengeance in 1952 and served the RAN till 1959 when it was installed in a test rig at the National Building Technology Centre in Sydney, used as a wind machine to test building materials. In 1986 it was placed at the Australian War Memorial near Canberra but next year went into store until trucked as a stripped airframe to Nowra in 1998 where it was used in the restoration to flight of Sea Fury VW623, then being placed on static display in the FAA Museum. Moved to HARS in 2020 where it is intended to return it to flight again.
Registration / Serial:WG630
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):[ WG630 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A7-030
Aircraft Original Type:Aermacchi MB-326
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-30
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-30
C/n (msn):CA30-30
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703332Submit Correction
View count: 188
Mounted near the HARS Museum entrance, this Macchi was used in the restoration to flight of A7-025 before being installed as a gate guard in its former 'Roulettes' team markings, colloquially referred to as the Fanta Can colours.
Registration / Serial:A7-030
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-30
C/n (msn):CA30-30
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A7-030
Aircraft Original Type:Aermacchi MB-326
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-30
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-30
C/n (msn):CA30-30
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703332Submit Correction
View count: 188
Mounted near the HARS Museum entrance, this Macchi was used in the restoration to flight of A7-025 before being installed as a gate guard in its former 'Roulettes' team markings, colloquially referred to as the Fanta Can colours.
Registration / Serial:A7-030
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-30
C/n (msn):CA30-30
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:VH-VBB
Alternate Serial:A4-234
Military Code:234
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (C-7/AC-1/V-2)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
C/n (msn):234
Display Paint:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703328Submit Correction
View count: 306
Parked alongside similar aircraft A4-210, 234 served the RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam from 1965 and was the last Australian aircraft out of Vietnam, flying home in February 1972. Both Caribous were retired from service in late 2009 with around 19,000 flight hours each. They were kept in open air storage at Oakey until 2011 when HARS successfully won the tender for the two aircraft plus spares. Both remain in flying condition.
Registration / Serial:VH-VBB
Alternate Serial:A4-234
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
C/n (msn):234
Display Paint:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:VH-VBB
Alternate Serial:A4-234
Military Code:234
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (C-7/AC-1/V-2)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
C/n (msn):234
Display Paint:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703328Submit Correction
View count: 306
Parked alongside similar aircraft A4-210, 234 served the RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam from 1965 and was the last Australian aircraft out of Vietnam, flying home in February 1972. Both Caribous were retired from service in late 2009 with around 19,000 flight hours each. They were kept in open air storage at Oakey until 2011 when HARS successfully won the tender for the two aircraft plus spares. Both remain in flying condition.
Registration / Serial:VH-VBB
Alternate Serial:A4-234
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
C/n (msn):234
Display Paint:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A3-42
Aircraft Original Type:Dassault Mirage I
Aircraft Generic Type:Dassault Mirage I/III
Aircraft Version:Dassault Mirage IIIO(F/A)
Licence-built by:GAF
C/n (msn):42  (2)
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:77 Sqn
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703326Submit Correction
View count: 173
This interceptor Mirage was delivered in1966 and served with 75 Sqdn at Butterworth , Malaysia until late 1969, next going to 76 Sqdn at Williamtown for a few years and then 2OCU. Converted to a ground attack variant, it served time with 77 Sqdn before retirement in October 1987 with 4,015 hr on the airframe (initial expected design life was 1,500 hr) and was used as an apprentice training aid at RAAF Wagga Wagga before acquisition by HARS in 2015. Although still in potentially flyable condition, the intention is to return it to taxiing.
Registration / Serial:A3-42
Aircraft Version:Dassault Mirage IIIO(F/A)
C/n (msn):42  (2)
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A3-42
Aircraft Original Type:Dassault Mirage I
Aircraft Generic Type:Dassault Mirage I/III
Aircraft Version:Dassault Mirage IIIO(F/A)
Licence-built by:GAF
C/n (msn):42  (2)
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:77 Sqn
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703326Submit Correction
View count: 173
This interceptor Mirage was delivered in1966 and served with 75 Sqdn at Butterworth , Malaysia until late 1969, next going to 76 Sqdn at Williamtown for a few years and then 2OCU. Converted to a ground attack variant, it served time with 77 Sqdn before retirement in October 1987 with 4,015 hr on the airframe (initial expected design life was 1,500 hr) and was used as an apprentice training aid at RAAF Wagga Wagga before acquisition by HARS in 2015. Although still in potentially flyable condition, the intention is to return it to taxiing.
Registration / Serial:A3-42
Aircraft Version:Dassault Mirage IIIO(F/A)
C/n (msn):42  (2)
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:147556
Alternate Serial:556
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Version:Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7183
Operator Titles:France - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703323Submit Correction
View count: 352
This was one of a batch of 10 Neptunes supplied to the Aeronavale in 1959, serving 23F and 25F till transferred to 12S in Tahiti in 1983. Stored at Papeete from 1984, it was acquired by HARS and ferried to Australia in July 1999 under registration N8187Z, being allocated VH-LRR after arrival. After some airshow appearances, in September 1999 it flew from Tamworth to Bankstown and next in January 2003 to the then-new HARS base at the Illawarra Regional Airport where overhaul work continues pending return to airworthiness alongside P2V-7 A87-273 (which is once again flying).
Registration / Serial:147556
Alternate Serial:556
Aircraft Version:Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7183
Operator Titles:France - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:147556
Alternate Serial:556
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Version:Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7183
Operator Titles:France - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:703323Submit Correction
View count: 352
This was one of a batch of 10 Neptunes supplied to the Aeronavale in 1959, serving 23F and 25F till transferred to 12S in Tahiti in 1983. Stored at Papeete from 1984, it was acquired by HARS and ferried to Australia in July 1999 under registration N8187Z, being allocated VH-LRR after arrival. After some airshow appearances, in September 1999 it flew from Tamworth to Bankstown and next in January 2003 to the then-new HARS base at the Illawarra Regional Airport where overhaul work continues pending return to airworthiness alongside P2V-7 A87-273 (which is once again flying).
Registration / Serial:147556
Alternate Serial:556
Aircraft Version:Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7183
Operator Titles:France - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:10 November 2023
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:VH-YOV
Military Code:33
Aircraft Original Type:Avioane Yak-3U
Aircraft Generic Type:Avioane Yak-3U
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-3U/R-2000
Manufacturers:Avioane / Yakovlev
C/n (msn):001-3/2005
Display Paint:Soviet Union - Air Force
Aircraft Name:SteadFast
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings over the illawarra 2018
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:698271Submit Correction
View count: 254
This new-build Yak 3U was constructed in Romania by Avioane Craiova in 2005. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp, it was initially registered N46463. It's as fast as blazes and in 2011 set a Class world speed record of 416 mph. Exported to Australia, it was registered VH-YOV on 24 December 2013. Now in New Zealand.
Registration / Serial:VH-YOV
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-3U/R-2000
C/n (msn):001-3/2005
Display Paint:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-YOV
Military Code:33
Aircraft Original Type:Avioane Yak-3U
Aircraft Generic Type:Avioane Yak-3U
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-3U/R-2000
Manufacturers:Avioane / Yakovlev
C/n (msn):001-3/2005
Display Paint:Soviet Union - Air Force
Aircraft Name:SteadFast
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings over the illawarra 2018
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:698271Submit Correction
View count: 254
This new-build Yak 3U was constructed in Romania by Avioane Craiova in 2005. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp, it was initially registered N46463. It's as fast as blazes and in 2011 set a Class world speed record of 416 mph. Exported to Australia, it was registered VH-YOV on 24 December 2013. Now in New Zealand.
Registration / Serial:VH-YOV
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-3U/R-2000
C/n (msn):001-3/2005
Display Paint:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings over the illawarra 2018
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:698268Submit Correction
View count: 75
Registration / Serial:VH-CJX
Alternate Serial:72181
Aircraft Version:Nanchang CJ-6A
C/n (msn):3051216
Display Paint:China - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings over the illawarra 2018
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:698268Submit Correction
View count: 75
Registration / Serial:VH-CJX
Alternate Serial:72181
Aircraft Version:Nanchang CJ-6A
C/n (msn):3051216
Display Paint:China - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-WHF
Alternate Serial:49-3203
Military Code:TA-203
Aircraft Original Type:North American BC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard
Aircraft Version:North American T-6G Texan
C/n (msn):168-307
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings over the illawarra 2018
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:698252Submit Correction
View count: 126
Built for the USAAF as 49-3203. Delivered to the Paraguay Air Force as FAP0147 and withdrawn from use in 1982. Recovered to the USA in 1991 and registered N3172M. Exported to Australia for restoration in 1994 and registered VH-WHF
Registration / Serial:VH-WHF
Alternate Serial:49-3203
Aircraft Version:North American T-6G Texan
C/n (msn):168-307
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-WHF
Alternate Serial:49-3203
Military Code:TA-203
Aircraft Original Type:North American BC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard
Aircraft Version:North American T-6G Texan
C/n (msn):168-307
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings over the illawarra 2018
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:698252Submit Correction
View count: 126
Built for the USAAF as 49-3203. Delivered to the Paraguay Air Force as FAP0147 and withdrawn from use in 1982. Recovered to the USA in 1991 and registered N3172M. Exported to Australia for restoration in 1994 and registered VH-WHF
Registration / Serial:VH-WHF
Alternate Serial:49-3203
Aircraft Version:North American T-6G Texan
C/n (msn):168-307
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:A9-661
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed P-3 Orion
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed P-3 Orion
Aircraft Version:Lockheed AP-3C Orion
C/n (msn):285D-5787
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:10 Sqn
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over Illawarra 2016
Photo Date:1 May 2016
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Photo ID:696156Submit Correction
View count: 170
Always difficult to read the serial on the Australian Orions, except when the gear is down: 661 clearly visible inside the nosewheel door. This Orion was delivered in October 1985 (USN BuNo 162661). After its life with RAAF, it returned to the USA as N661MK in December 2018.
Registration / Serial:A9-661
Aircraft Version:Lockheed AP-3C Orion
C/n (msn):285D-5787
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1 May 2016
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Registration / Serial:A9-661
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed P-3 Orion
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed P-3 Orion
Aircraft Version:Lockheed AP-3C Orion
C/n (msn):285D-5787
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:10 Sqn
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over Illawarra 2016
Photo Date:1 May 2016
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Photo ID:696156Submit Correction
View count: 170
Always difficult to read the serial on the Australian Orions, except when the gear is down: 661 clearly visible inside the nosewheel door. This Orion was delivered in October 1985 (USN BuNo 162661). After its life with RAAF, it returned to the USA as N661MK in December 2018.
Registration / Serial:A9-661
Aircraft Version:Lockheed AP-3C Orion
C/n (msn):285D-5787
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1 May 2016
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Registration / Serial:A21-16
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
C/n (msn):368/AF016
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings over the illawarra 2018
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691946Submit Correction
View count: 107
Registration / Serial:A21-16
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
C/n (msn):368/AF016
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:A21-16
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
C/n (msn):368/AF016
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings over the illawarra 2018
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691946Submit Correction
View count: 107
Registration / Serial:A21-16
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
C/n (msn):368/AF016
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:6 May 2018
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-VBB
Alternate Serial:A4-234
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (C-7/AC-1/V-2)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
C/n (msn):234
Display Paint:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691489Submit Correction
View count: 144
One of two airworthy HARS Caribous. Formerly A4-234.
Registration / Serial:VH-VBB
Alternate Serial:A4-234
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
C/n (msn):234
Display Paint:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-VBB
Alternate Serial:A4-234
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (C-7/AC-1/V-2)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
C/n (msn):234
Display Paint:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691489Submit Correction
View count: 144
One of two airworthy HARS Caribous. Formerly A4-234.
Registration / Serial:VH-VBB
Alternate Serial:A4-234
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
C/n (msn):234
Display Paint:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:A27-31
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Siddeley HS-1182 Hawk
Aircraft Generic Type:BAE Systems Hawk
Aircraft Version:BAE Systems Hawk 127
C/n (msn):DT031
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:79 Sqn
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691487Submit Correction
View count: 186
Wearing its 100th Anniversary logo on the tail, Hawk 127 A27-31 was the display aircraft at WOI 2021.
Registration / Serial:A27-31
Aircraft Version:BAE Systems Hawk 127
C/n (msn):DT031
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:A27-31
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Siddeley HS-1182 Hawk
Aircraft Generic Type:BAE Systems Hawk
Aircraft Version:BAE Systems Hawk 127
C/n (msn):DT031
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:79 Sqn
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691487Submit Correction
View count: 186
Wearing its 100th Anniversary logo on the tail, Hawk 127 A27-31 was the display aircraft at WOI 2021.
Registration / Serial:A27-31
Aircraft Version:BAE Systems Hawk 127
C/n (msn):DT031
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TJO
Fleet number:209
Aircraft Original Type:AgustaWestland AB-139
Aircraft Generic Type:Leonardo AW-139
Aircraft Version:Leonardo AW-139
C/n (msn):31740
Operator Titles:Toll Helicopters / NSW Ambulance
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691479Submit Correction
View count: 105
Not part of the airshow, one of Toll's AW-139s arrives back at its operating base.
Registration / Serial:VH-TJO
Aircraft Version:Leonardo AW-139
C/n (msn):31740
Operator Titles:Toll Helicopters / NSW Ambulance
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TJO
Fleet number:209
Aircraft Original Type:AgustaWestland AB-139
Aircraft Generic Type:Leonardo AW-139
Aircraft Version:Leonardo AW-139
C/n (msn):31740
Operator Titles:Toll Helicopters / NSW Ambulance
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691479Submit Correction
View count: 105
Not part of the airshow, one of Toll's AW-139s arrives back at its operating base.
Registration / Serial:VH-TJO
Aircraft Version:Leonardo AW-139
C/n (msn):31740
Operator Titles:Toll Helicopters / NSW Ambulance
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-EAY
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54E Skymaster
C/n (msn):27352
Display Paint:Qantas
Aircraft Name:Norfolk Trader
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691474Submit Correction
View count: 217
Manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company Inc, Santa Monica, this C-54 was delivered US Army Air force 14/5/1945 war service serial 44-9126. Utilised for troop and cargo transport until 1971, this C-54 was retired and stored at Davis Montham Airbase in Arizona. In 1995 brought to Australia for Pacific island freight operations, then stored at Archerfield until being donated to HARS in 2008 and flown to Albion Park in December 2009, to be restored to flying condition.
Registration / Serial:VH-EAY
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54E Skymaster
C/n (msn):27352
Display Paint:Qantas
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:VH-EAY
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54E Skymaster
C/n (msn):27352
Display Paint:Qantas
Aircraft Name:Norfolk Trader
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691474Submit Correction
View count: 217
Manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company Inc, Santa Monica, this C-54 was delivered US Army Air force 14/5/1945 war service serial 44-9126. Utilised for troop and cargo transport until 1971, this C-54 was retired and stored at Davis Montham Airbase in Arizona. In 1995 brought to Australia for Pacific island freight operations, then stored at Archerfield until being donated to HARS in 2008 and flown to Albion Park in December 2009, to be restored to flying condition.
Registration / Serial:VH-EAY
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54E Skymaster
C/n (msn):27352
Display Paint:Qantas
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:27 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:N48-007
Military Code:907
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-70
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-70 (H-60 Black Hawk/Seahawk)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk (S-70B)
C/n (msn):704354
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:28 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691471Submit Correction
View count: 388
Wearing a digital camo pattern on the nose was this RAN MH-60R N48-007.
Registration / Serial:N48-007
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk (S-70B)
C/n (msn):704354
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:28 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Registration / Serial:N48-007
Military Code:907
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-70
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-70 (H-60 Black Hawk/Seahawk)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk (S-70B)
C/n (msn):704354
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Event:Wings Over the Illawarra 2021
Photo Date:28 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact
Photo ID:691471Submit Correction
View count: 388
Wearing a digital camo pattern on the nose was this RAN MH-60R N48-007.
Registration / Serial:N48-007
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk (S-70B)
C/n (msn):704354
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:28 November 2021
Photo by:Dave SoderstromContact