Draft:HARS Parkes Aviation Museum
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HARS Parkes Aviation Museum is part of the Historic Aviation Restoration Society[1] and is located at Parkes Airport, In Parkes, New South Wales, Australia[2]. It is currently housed in a former Bellman hangar from the airport's time as a World War Two Royal Australian Air Force base. HARS Parkes is known for being 'hands on' with visitors able to board aircraft such as the Orion[3] and Caribou along with Huey Cobra and Wessex helicopters.
HARS Parkes Aviation Musuem is currently open on Thursdays and Sundays from 9.30am to 3.30pm. The museum's Facebook page advertises additional opening days.
Location history[edit]
During World War Two and as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme, Parkes airport became RAAF Station Parkes, accommodating No.1 Air Navigation School and No.2 Wireless Air Gunners School, later No.8 Operational Training Unit (Spitfires) and for a period of time during 1944, Central Flying School. After the war No.87 Squadron (Mosquitos) operated from Parkes. Did you know that former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam graduated from Parkes as a Flying Officer navigator?[4]
Following the closure of RAAF Station Parkes in 1946, the accomodation facilities were repurposed into a post-war migrant camp.
Parkes Aero Club, formed in 1948, still operates from its historic ex-RAAF COMMCEN building.
Museum history[edit]
Parkes has been used as a storage facility for the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society since 1975 and has been transformed into an aviation museum in its own right.
Planning has commenced on the construction of a dedicated museum facility at the entrance of Parkes Airport to provide undercover storage and display of aircraft in a dedicated hangar.[5]
Displays[edit]
- Lockheed AP-3C Orion A9-759
- Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune A89-302
- Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune A89-272
- De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou A4-275
- Convair 580 VH-PDW
- Cessna 150
- Westland Wessex HAS.31B 813 (N7-203)
- Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra
- De Havilland DH.114 Heron VH – AHB
- “Red Baron” Fokker DR.1 Triplane replica
- Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns
- Piston and turbine aircraft engines
- Aviation and RAAF memorabilia
Current restoration projects[edit]
- Douglas C-47A-30-DK
- Grumman S2G Tracker 842[6]
- Lockheed 12a Electra Junior
- CAC Aermacchi MB-326H (Macchi)
- Bell 47 G Sioux helicopter
References[edit]
- ^ "HARS Parkes Aviation Museum - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society". HARS Aviation Museum. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ Service, NSW Department of Customer (2023-02-23). "Parkes Aviation Museum | NSW Government". www.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "P3 Orion celebrates 50 years of service". Parkes Champion-Post. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "HARS Parkes Aviation Museum - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society". HARS Aviation Museum. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "New HARS museum cleared for take off". Parkes Champion-Post. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Aviation museum welcomes two new additions in time for school holidays". Parkes Champion-Post. July 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-16.