Hawker Fury/Nimrod

Hi,

Just found another replica Fury, see link below.

http://www.homestead.com/wargroup/events.html

My list of Fury/Nimrod survivors/replicas now consists of:

Fury
K5674 HAC
K5673 Brooklands Miseum (replica)
K1936 Cambridge Bomber and Fighter Society
K1930 G-BKBB. Now in Belgium (replica)
K7271 Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group (replica)

Nimrod
S1581 TFC
K3661 HAC

Any more?

Alex

Hopefully they will post some pre restoration pictures to give a suitable contrast to what they finish with.

Hi,

I just found out today that the Cambridge Bomber and Fighter Society are planning to rebuild Fury K1926. They took delivery of parts of the fuselage and wings last year.

Other than that I don’t have any other details.

Alex

Kev – Teacher always blames the pupil!

Ollie.

When will you learn to press the shutter button half way to let it focus before you take the shot. It stops it being fuzzy. I spent time trying to explain that to you on Sunday but as always you fail to listen.

Regards,

kev35

I did listen and take note. That photo was not taken on Sunday, thats been in my collection a while now.

Ollie.

When will you learn to press the shutter button half way to let it focus before you take the shot. It stops it being fuzzy. I spent time trying to explain that to you on Sunday but as always you fail to listen.

Regards,

kev35

This is my best angle on the cockpit and rear gun position:

…if you are short. For those of us of greater height and an ability to hold a digibox overhead, it’s possible.

I posted some shots of the Shuttleworth’s Hind cockpits on a thread here, long, long ago. Alex, check your files. If I’ve not supplied them already, let me know.

Yes i am short, damm i hate it.

I’m sure Robbo or MOTF must have loads of these shots. However, not difficult if you stand back and put a telephoto lens on! The cockpit is the Demon in the RAAF Museum.

Cant help you with photos of the Hind. Its to high to reach over into and photograph the cockpit and the same with the gunners position. Ive cockpit phots of the Tomtit though.

…if you are short. For those of us of greater height and an ability to hold a digibox overhead, it’s possible.

I posted some shots of the Shuttleworth’s Hind cockpits on a thread here, long, long ago. Alex, check your files. If I’ve not supplied them already, let me know.

Hi Albert,

What a divvy. Yes I did mean the Hind. I can’t even put that down to a typo 🙂

Alex

Cant help you with photos of the Hind. Its to high to reach over into and photograph the cockpit and the same with the gunners position. Ive cockpit phots of the Tomtit though.

Hi,

Nice pics Robbo, thanks for posting. Any shots of the Demons cockpit/gunners position?

…er, that’s Shuttleworth’s HIND Alex! :rolleyes:

Hi,

Nice pics Robbo, thanks for posting. Any shots of the Demons cockpit/gunners position?

I have just been told the Nimrod K3661 is expected to be completed sometime later this year and the Fury K5674 will be airborne in 2007.

Alex

NIMROD

Its progressing very well, from what I have seen, will not say too much at this time
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Paradise Park Jomtien

Hi,

Thanks for everyone’s input, much appreciated.

Anyone know how the progres of Nimrod K3661 is doing?

Alex

Fury Replica

This is at best a full scale look-alike but with a RR Kestrel.

Cant we persuade the owners – who I believe dont fly it – to pass on the engine?

We have been waiting with baited breath for years now to see the gorgeous Skysport Demon in the air. It looked all there when featured a few months back in Aeroplane.

Pity you need so much muscle ( or a Hucks of course!) to wind the thing up. I can just imagine turning up at G-VFWE in something like that otherwise….

Hairyplane

Hi Alex,

The Fury replica was built by Viv Bellamy and his team at Lands End for Patrick Lindsay. The wings were made of wood and were constructed by John Issacs (Issacs Fury). The fuselage was I believe constructed from the remains of a Hector Fuselage.

Many years ago I did a report on the replica for Aeroplane monthly, I’ll dig it out again and scan it if you want. BTW there was a very good thread on the forum last year on testing the aircraft by Airbedane.

Septic.

It is worth reading John Isaac’s book (An Aeroplane Affair) if you can get it. As I recall the Hector parts were not used and it was a fully welded tube fuselage. The wings were all wooden and did not have the rolled spars. So, not exactly a Fury but as close as we had until the South African one turned up.

Hi Albert,

Thanks for posting the photo. From photos I have seen 43 Sqn Furys didn’t appear to have the white parts of their markings painted. They were simply black. It is possible that they later had the white parts added, but so far no photos have appeared to confirm this.

Alex

You’re absolutely right Alex. This was probably an error picked up from the incorrect Matchbox Fury kit’s decal sheet.

Hi Albert,

Thanks for posting the photo. From photos I have seen 43 Sqn Furys didn’t appear to have the white parts of their markings painted. They were simply black. It is possible that they later had the white parts added, but so far no photos have appeared to confirm this.

Alex