July 21, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Hello
Just see this news on another thread and also the TFC blog.
The news at 3 furys will be at duxford soon.
Please link to TFC blog below.
By: cotteswold - 24th July 2008 at 10:57
My last T20 flight – noted +1 boost/2100 revs/ 250 kts.
Cool!!
By: Black Knight - 23rd July 2008 at 16:39
I thought the RNHF had stripped 345 of all spares to help 930?
655 is a stunning restoration, shame about the modern cockpit tho.
By: Creaking Door - 23rd July 2008 at 10:18
Wasn’t it T20 WG655 that had the altercation with the trees after suffered an engine failure when flying with the RNHF?
I was suggesting the (engineless?) former RNHF spares airframe VZ345 may be used to help with the completion of the rebuild of VX653 and as a source of spares to keep WG655 flying.
Whatever the plans are it is great to see so many of these wonderful aircraft returning to the UK skies.
By: Pete Truman - 23rd July 2008 at 08:55
Spares?
Obviously not, I presume this is the one that had an altercation with some trees.
By: LAHARVE - 23rd July 2008 at 01:16
VX653 at Flying Legends 1995,
VZ345 at Boscombe Down 9th June 1990
WG655 at Duxford,
By: SE5AFAN - 22nd July 2008 at 23:26
markstringer wrote
Any pics of the p40f yet?
There was a picture or two of it in Classic Wings magazine volume 14 No.3.
Unfortunatly I no longer have the said magazine.
By: markstringer - 22nd July 2008 at 22:33
are both new airframes owned by the fighter collection or is it on an operate only basis like the friedkin spit?
i take it there own restoration is continuing?
Good times ahead with 2 new furies, a p47g, p40f and twilight tear to return after restoration!!!
Any pics of the p40f yet?
By: blurrkup - 22nd July 2008 at 21:44
Some more pics on here.
By: SE5AFAN - 22nd July 2008 at 21:33
WG655 is coming home.
What fantastic news:D
By: Roobarb - 22nd July 2008 at 20:22
So, what happened to the 2 seater that was liberated from Iraq a few years ago? Anyone??
Bruce
I heard it went to Boscombe Down and then things got politically sensitive. Last heard of as a hot potato…;)
By: paulmcmillan - 22nd July 2008 at 17:32
Is it still intact or reduced to spares to assist potential rebuilds……..?
TT
Won’t this come under the “the Iraq (UN Sanctions) Order 2003” in which anyone possessing Iraqi cultural property must give it to the police and what caused Boris Johnson having to hand over a cigar case once belonging to Iraq’s former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz?
By: GliderSpit - 22nd July 2008 at 17:23
The blog now shows a picture of T20 WG655.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 22nd July 2008 at 17:13
So, what happened to the 2 seater that was liberated from Iraq a few years ago? Anyone??
Bruce
Is it still intact or reduced to spares to assist potential rebuilds……..?
TT
By: paulmcmillan - 22nd July 2008 at 14:25
[QUOTE=Pete Truman;1275201]We all love Sea Furies, they’ve been in short supply recently, but why three[QUOTE]
1 for after breakfast
1 for after lunch
1 for after tea
Stephen Grey takes the Bearcat up after Supper
By: T J Johansen - 22nd July 2008 at 13:31
We all love Sea Furies, they’ve been in short supply recently, but why three,
A good investment…
T J
By: Creaking Door - 22nd July 2008 at 12:47
We all love Sea Furies, they’ve been in short supply recently, but why three…
Spares?
By: Pete Truman - 22nd July 2008 at 09:41
We all love Sea Furies, they’ve been in short supply recently, but why three, it seems a little extravagant with other projects on the go. I’m not knocking it, the more the merrier, perhaps there’l be a 6 ship at Legends 2010.
By: Bruce - 22nd July 2008 at 09:10
So, what happened to the 2 seater that was liberated from Iraq a few years ago? Anyone??
Bruce
By: blurrkup - 21st July 2008 at 21:06
Somebody on planetalk put up these serials.
WG655, VZ345, VX653
http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=6553
VX653 is their current restoration.
VZ345 is the RNHF spare airframe that was up for sale
WG655 is the former RNHF aircraft that crashed and then restored in the States.
By: 11group - 21st July 2008 at 20:36
Hawker Sea Fury at Coventry
Hello
I wonder if any of them this is one see at Coventry in one of the hangers.