HARS Aviation Museum - Parkes

HARS Aviation Museum - Parkes The HARS Parkes Aviation Museum is located in a former RAAF hanger at Parkes Airport.

The Parkes Aviation Museum is located at the end of Muzycuk Drive at Parkes Airport. It is currently housed in a former RAAF hanger from the airports time as a World War Two air force base. The museum is open from 9.30am to 3.30am Thursdays and Sundays, and admission is adults $15, children $5 and families $30. Parkes has a long history in aviation, the first aircraft to land at Parkes was a Sopwi

th Camel piloted by aviation pioneer Sydney Pickles in 1919. During WW2, Parkes airport became RAAF Base Parkes, accommodating No.1 Air Navigation School, No.2 Wireless Air Gunners School, No.8 Operational Training Unit and after the war No.87 SQN operated from Parkes. Did you know - former PM Gough Whitlam graduated from Parkes as a Flying Officer navigator? Parkes Aero Club, formed in 1948, still operates from its historic ex-RAAF COMMCEN building. Parkes has been used as a storage facility for the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society since 1975 and is currently being transformed into an aviation museum in its own right by a range of local and HARS volunteers.

21/05/2026
Did you make it to Wings Over Shellharbour airshow on the weekend?Check out this video of the HARS' P2V-7 Neptune!
19/05/2026

Did you make it to Wings Over Shellharbour airshow on the weekend?

Check out this video of the HARS' P2V-7 Neptune!

World’s last airworthy Lockheed P-2 Neptune — A89-273 (VH-IOY) — still roaring through the skies in 2026.Filmed at Wings over Shellharbour 2026 on 16 May 202...

Did you know...? HARS publishes a monthly magazine for its members and friends called The Phoenix? Read the April editio...
12/05/2026

Did you know...? HARS publishes a monthly magazine for its members and friends called The Phoenix? Read the April edition here 👇

40 page edition

What a fantastic photo of Connie departing Canberra!📸: Matt Badger
12/05/2026

What a fantastic photo of Connie departing Canberra!

📸: Matt Badger

Some great aircraft research from our friends at Mildura 2 OTU Heritage Inc into CAC Boomerang A46-11, which spent a sho...
08/05/2026

Some great aircraft research from our friends at Mildura 2 OTU Heritage Inc into CAC Boomerang A46-11, which spent a short amount of its service time at RAAF Station Parkes during WWII.

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Lest we forget.

31/03/2026
Looking for something to do this weekend, we’re open from Thursday through to Sunday as part of Recreational Aviation Au...
23/03/2026

Looking for something to do this weekend, we’re open from Thursday through to Sunday as part of Recreational Aviation Australia’s Flu’n for Fun! 

✈️ Flying into Fly’n For Fun next weekend?

All essential event and fly-in information is now live on our website. Please take a few minutes to familiarise yourself with the details before planning your trip and attending the event:
https://flynforfun.aero/visitors/

We can’t wait to welcome you to the Central West!

Great article about one of the famous names to pass through RAAF Station Parkes during WWII. Thanks for sharing Air Forc...
04/03/2026

Great article about one of the famous names to pass through RAAF Station Parkes during WWII.

Thanks for sharing Air Force Association - SA Division

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Muzycuk Drive
Parkes, NSW
2870

Opening Hours

Thursday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Sunday 9:30am - 3:30pm

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+61242574333

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