Posts Tagged ‘Douglas’

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

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

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

Douglas DC-4 VH-PAF

  Manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company Inc. at Santa Monica and delivered to the U.S.A.A.F. on 14/5/1945 seeing war service as 44-9126. The only difference with this aircraft from the other types was that it had a different fuel tank arrangement whereby the cabin tanks were replaced by collapsible...
May 2nd, 2009 | Under Restoration | Read More

Douglas C-47 Dakota A65-95 VH-EAE

A65-95 was built in Oklahoma city as a C-47B-30-DK with Serial No. 33096 and was delivered to the USAF on 20 April 1945 registered as 44-76764. The aircraft was then delivered to 38 Squadron of the RAAF at Archerfield Base on 8 May 1945 as A65-95, with a domestic registration of VH-RFL. The Squadron...
May 2nd, 2009 | Collection, Flying Aircraft | Read More

Douglas C-47 Dakota A65-94 VH-EAF

A65-94 was built in Oklahoma city as a C-47B-30-DK and was delivered to the USAF on 20 April 1945 registered as 44-76774. The aircraft was then delivered to the RAAF on 2 May 1945 as A65-94 with a domestic registration of ‘VH-RFK’ and served in 38, 36 and then 34 Squadrons. In 34 Squadron A65-94...
May 1st, 2009 | Collection, Flying Aircraft | Read More