Archive for the ‘Douglas DC-4’ Category

HARS DC4 Home and on Display

The HARS DC4 completed a successful ferry flight on Monday the 21st December 2009, arriving on time to its new home in Albion Park, NSW.  HARS members and visitors were in attendance for the arrival.  The DC4 adds to the HARS collection a truly unique and interesting part of Australia’s aviation...
December 30th, 2009 | Douglas DC-4 | Read More

HARS C54 (DC4) to Arrive at HARS 5:00PM, Monday 21st Dec 2009

Following an exhaustive one and a half year interstate restoration effort, the HARS C54 is now ready for its flight to its new home at Illawarra Regional Airport, one hour south of Sydney. HARS members have invested over 5,000 volunteer man hours and their own personal resources, to travel to Archerfield...
December 17th, 2009 | Douglas DC-4 | Read More

DC4 Moves Closer to First Flight

The dedicated HARS DC4 restoration crew were at it again in November with works bringing the first flight closer to reality. HARS members Clive Gibbons, Don Binskin, Roy Finney, Ron McConville, Leon Smith, John Brownjohn, Henry Knight and Frank Purvis all worked hard to change the carby on engine No3,...
November 11th, 2009 | Douglas DC-4 | Read More

DC4 Retraction Tests Underway

The DC4 recovery team are edging closer to flight with the retraction tests underway at Brisbane’s Archerfield Airport.  Many thanks to the Archerfield Airport Corporation for their ongoing support and sponsorship.  A range of adjustments have been made to the flaps, gear doors and systems,...
September 8th, 2009 | Douglas DC-4 | Read More

DC4 Completes Four Engine Run

The HARS DC4 recovery team have this week achieved an important milestone, with the running of all four engines at Brisbane’s Archerfield Airport.  With the first of a series of four engine runs now completed the DC-4 recovery team will focus their energies on the outstanding issues that will...
September 5th, 2009 | Douglas DC-4, Museum | Read More

DC-4 Washout

HARS members, Mike De La Hunty, Trevor Wallace, Bill Smith, Clive Gibbons, John Fields, Don Binskin and Ron braved the drenching rain and monsoonal weather in Brisbane to continue progress on the HARS DC-4. Due to the excessive rain and water, members occupied their time with the recovery of the DC-4...
May 23rd, 2009 | Douglas DC-4 | Read More

DC-4 Wings Attached

HARS members have been hard at work in the Queensland sun, with the re-installation of the DC-4 outboard wing panel this week.  The DC-4 which has sat static at Archerfield Airport for many years, is undergoing a program of inspections and maintenance that will bring the grand liner back to airworthy...
May 2nd, 2009 | Douglas DC-4 | Read More