Yep, an infamous, infuriating move by the enigmatic Mr Arnold…which arguably backfired completely…probably reducing the number of extant Tempests below what could have sparked a cottage-industry support system for the type in restoration. For comparison, look to the Tallichet/Jurist Fury recovery from Iraq a couple years later, and all the activity the return of that larger number of a similar type sparked off…

I now think the thing to do is apply the new Sanders R2800 conversion to one of the Tempest IIs that do survive. Sure, the prop would turn backward, as with an R3350 installation, but wouldn’t it be nice to see a Tempest aviating again?

S.

Just to clarify, the enigmatic Mr Douglas Arnold is not related to one Peter Arnold referred in the ‘Indian Warbirds’ report, although to confuse the issue he did have a son Peter.

Mark