keithb

Hello John, The current joining fee is $70/annum. At this time HARS is experiencing a shortage of qualified LAME's, the current LAME's are getting on in age and are going BER. The current skills are with all trades. A vast majority of volunteers are not aviation orientated, there are many tasks they do such as tour guides, shop attendants, IT, general maintenance, cleaning etc, they is a job for everyone if they want to participate. HARS has 2 large hangars at Albion Park A/P are are expected to be there for many years. HARS has already recovered one F27 and the other is due for arrival anytime. Regards Keith.

Hi Mickeymax, soory to hear you had a bad experince with HARS. Yes it is the museum at Albion Park. I have been a member since 1998 when HARS only had one flying aircraft, the Neptune, and didn't have a place to call home base. While the membership fee is a bit onerous, it is necessary to cover costs, insurance and maintenance costs to mention a few. Nobody gets paid, we are all volunteers at HARS. HARS has now the defacto depository for Australian aviation heritage and has come a long way in 20 yrs.

Hi gang, I actually joined this forum last Dec,but forgot to postt this thread. I live near Nowra NSW, do volunteer work for HARS, Radio LAME, and am currently getting to the end of a 9 year restoration to put an Auster Autocar J5G, owned by 3 syndicate member, back to flying. I am also a student pilot.