Here is some great news folks. 2 Beaufighters currently under restoration to fly will hopefully have their engines by the end of the year.
http://www.warbirdsonline.com.au/2019/06/10/beaufighter-engine-restoration-news/
By: Arabella-Cox - 12th June 2019 at 20:27
The engine in the auction, Spiteful, if an ex-Bristol Freighter example. And, no, it’s a different mark to the ones they require.
Anon.
By: Elmdon Boy - 11th June 2019 at 23:31
Could possibly see a Beaufighter in the air in my lifetime, great news then if this includes the Duxford example.
Is there not two examples possible in Aus?
By: Spiteful - 11th June 2019 at 22:50
Saw this on the Ebay thread…is this a correct engine version for a Beaufighter too?? https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/cluny-auctions/catalogue-id-srclu10015/lot-0b786879-4923-4d26-b7bc-aa1600ef277a
By: Arabella-Cox - 11th June 2019 at 18:33
Apart from the engines is there still much to be done on the Duxford example?
By: KurtB - 11th June 2019 at 18:27
This is fantastic news!
By: trumper - 11th June 2019 at 16:14
After all the years of sitting in the corner at Duxford it would be wonderful to see her get some movement and air under her wings.Good luck to them.
By: Brenden S - 11th June 2019 at 09:51
1 at Duxford and 1 at Wollongong (Hars)
By: David Burke - 10th June 2019 at 11:41
I would speculate the former Skysport Beaufighter 1F and the Duxford example .
By: Spiteful - 10th June 2019 at 11:26
Fantastic news. Will be great to see a Beaufighter in the air!
By: Arabella-Cox - 10th June 2019 at 11:12
“[the] Bristol Beaufighter project of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) and Robert Grienert’s Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited”
That reads to me as the same project.
By: Sabrejet - 10th June 2019 at 10:09
“…an audit and examination…has confirmed the viability of the rebuilding of the initial early series XVII Bristol Hercules required for the HARS project as well as two engines for a European project.”
Is that the European project at Duxford then? The article mentions “[the] Bristol Beaufighter project of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) and Robert Grienert’s Historical Aircraft Restorations Limited”, which would be two projects, so does it actually mean three?
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