Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Recovery, Restoration and Operation of Historical Aircraft
- In
- Sustaining Heritage: Second International and Thirteenth National Engineering Heritage Conference and NSW Railways Seminar
- Imprint
- Engineers Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, 2005, pp. 1-2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 085825820X
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.067159896218708
- Abstract
Recovery Our Historical Aircraft Restoration Society constitution identifies our mission to recover, restore and wherever possible operate aircraft of historic significance to Australia. Through a voluntary team of licensed engineers, business people and professional pilots we select suitable projects that not only are significant but we are confident of finding financial support from individuals and businesses to make it happen. Restoration This sometimes takes place at the site we locate the aircraft or it may be necessary to disassemble and transport the aircraft, sometimes from overseas. Again this is done with voluntary teams with sponsorship support. Operation Our organisation has structured a Civil Aviation Safety Authority approved workshop structure to bring the aircraft to airworthiness status. This is usually the most costly part of our operation. Qualified crew are selected and trained to operate all on a voluntary basis and to take the aircraft to display to school children and communities all throughout Australia. The displays endeavour to educate communities on the important history that aviation holds in Australia and a realisation that we once had a huge aircraft production industry in Australia with engineering capabilities equal to those in the United States and Britain.
Related Published resources
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- Sustaining Heritage: Second International and Thirteenth National Engineering Heritage Conference and NSW Railways Seminar (Sydney, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 2005), 268 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.085825820X. Details