HARS Museum

Sunday, May 26, 2013

This morning we went to Berry.  There are a few cute stores Sydney and I thought JoAnn would like to see.  We bought a couple of jelly rolls from the quilt shop.  Now, we can practice making a quick quilt top when we get home.  The guys got coffee and wandered around until we were finished.  Then all of us went to the Donut Van to get some warm donuts.  YUM!

Sydney in the Canberra

Dana in the cockpit of the Canberra

View of one of the hangers at the museum

After our donuts, we headed north towards Wollongong.  Dagan wanted to stop at the HARS Museum which is an airplane museum on our way back.  This museum provides you with a tour guide because it is located in a functioning small airport.  There were two airplane hangers full of planes, and our guide provided lots of great information about them.  During our tour, we went outside the hanger a couple of times to watch a few planes take off and a helicopter takeoff. 

Watching the helicopter take off

The helicopter is ready for take off and the plane is in the air.

We see this plane fly over the over by our apartment.

Sydney and I in the Connie.

JoAnn & Dana in the Connie

JoAnn in front of the CAC Sabre

Dagan looking at the hand signal on the jeep.

The goal of this museum is to be able to fly all the planes in their museum.  Unfortunately, a few restoration projects are too extensive, so they will not be going into the air.  Fortunately for people visiting the museum, this is a good thing because we were able to get into a few of these planes. 

Sydney in the cockpit of the Neptune.

Dagan in the front seat of the Neptune.

Dagan & Adam in the back of the Neptune.

I am crawling over the wing in the Neptune.

The kids favorite was the Neptune.  Dana, Adam, and I went in, too.  It was rather tight.  We had to crawl into the front open space, the cockpit, and over the wing to get out the back of the plane.  It was something we definitely hadn't experienced before.