After speaking to Jerry Cooper today it is very probable that this aircraft will not fly until very late this year or sometime in ’04 as the engine has been with Vintage V12s in the US for three years now and the rebuild is still not complete. He said that he plans to travel to the states soon to see just what progress has been made as the airframe is ready and waiting for the engine. The picture in Flypast a few months back showed the airframe fitted with a static engine for cowl fitting only and not the reconditioned engine as hinted at in the article. So maybe next year’s Legends ‘surprise’ 😉
Tom.
By: Yak 11 Fan - 9th July 2003 at 11:44
Interesting, I was under the impression that MW810 had left France for America some time ago.
Interesting info though.
By: DOUGHNUT - 9th July 2003 at 11:30
I don’t like posting other peoples rumours when I have not idea of its authenticity, but this appeared yesterday on MSF
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From: david albrecht
Date sent: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 09:41:37 +0100
Subject: [MSF] INFO ON TEMPESTS
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i have been told by the owner of the following info.
MW404 tempest he has sold this aircraft in france
MW401 tempest this aircraft is stored offsite near gamston and parts are
being used in the rebuild of the aircraft in hangar 5 at the airfield.
MW763 tempest this is the aircraft in hangar 5 at gamston airfield which
is almost finished and is owned by a mr cooper.
a seperate source reveals that tempest MW810 is also living in france.
i hope this is of use to someone.
By: stringbag - 8th July 2003 at 22:46
I don’t mind waiting, after all I have been waiting 13 years to see a ‘new’ RNHF Sea Fury fly 🙂
M
By: SE5AFAN - 8th July 2003 at 19:20
Thanks for the info Tom_W.
We can only hope. After all we have been waiting for a Tempest to take to the skies for some time now.
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