Dear Editor, I've been an ‘old aircraft nut’ for decades and now well into my 70s, and I’ve always had a trip to HARS on my ‘must do list’ – especially to have the chance to be up close and personal with ‘Connie’.
I was fortunate enough to use the Link Airways Saab 340 Melbourne/Essendon to Wollongong/Albion Park service and reminisced about childhood flights out of the above, in aircraft like DC-3s, Viscounts/Electras and later DC-9s and Boeing 727s.
So, October 2022 saw me spend four days at Wollongong, touring the whole HARS complex, with one day on/one day off. After a few news agency trips it was great to pick up your edition with the HARS article therein (Airliner World, August 2023).