France-bound SeaFury N56SF made its maiden post-restoration flight from Ione, California, yesterday. The aircraft is owned by Christophe Jacquard, and is powered by a Wright R-3350.
http://www.sandersaircraft.com/restoration_seafury-project.asp
By: DongleUK - 3rd June 2009 at 17:01
I wonder if it’ll be at the big display at Duxford whose name escapes me at the moment??
I don’t know about N56SF, but according to other forums the other French example, F-AZXL, is booked for Legends.
By: mike currill - 3rd June 2009 at 15:40
Now now let’s not be facetious. Would be nice though.
By: Oxcart - 3rd June 2009 at 15:13
I wonder if it’ll be at the big display at Duxford whose name escapes me at the moment??
By: Yak 11 Fan - 3rd June 2009 at 13:55
Looks very nice…..
By: Sage the Owl - 3rd June 2009 at 13:54
Not a fan of the re-engineing process as I dont like the look of a Fury with the wrong number of prop blades, but I can appreciate why people do it & if it means keeping them in the air then I wont complain.
As I said in the thread about WG655 we could potentially have an 8 ship formation at some point, when was the last time that number were seen in european skies. 😮
By: markstringer - 3rd June 2009 at 13:07
Now get it in that crate and ship it to France!!!
So how many flyable sea furies are there in europe now?
RNHF X2 (if you take into count VR930)
john Bradshaws G-CBEL
French Based F-AZXL
TFC T.20 WG655
Jacquard example (currently N56SF)
is there anything i’ve missed?
By: patb - 3rd June 2009 at 11:40
Jupiter for all I care, it flies and thats what counts, 🙂
By: Bruce - 3rd June 2009 at 11:27
Ah, but where has the cockpit come from?!
By: patb - 3rd June 2009 at 11:24
surprised nobody has come on to complain about the wrong engine being fitted, and I hope it’s got the right tail wheel.;)
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