I reckon one of the various Tempest II projects that seem to be stalled in various places. Or perhaps more realistically, maybe one of the current crop of Mk. I Spitfire restorations?
Sad indeed but does seem to have been a “textbook” landing, which is no small feat. It could have been far worse.
That Fury is pure aircraft porn. I am gutted that I miss Legends this year for a wedding, even if it is a close family member!
Some more fine shots. It’s encouraging to see how many of these beauties still survive today.
I’m afraid most of mine are flying/taxying shots, so not sure if these are what you want, but here goes…


Well, the ‘504 is under long-term rebuild, so that probably is it in the photo…
Yes, by Historic Flying, I think. I believe that it is scheduled to fly at some point later this year, although I’ve not seen any pictures indicating how close the wings are to being done…
Sounds and looks gorgeous. Cannot wait to see this thing of beauty in the air where she belongs. Imagine the Demon/Fury/Hind/Nimrod formations! Gladiator/Fury tailchase!
Such a beautiful, long-lost machine. Thanks again for another fine album!
Great to see her where she belongs at last!
Very sad, and a sobering reminder of the risks posed in operating the warbirds we know and love. As others have said, there are seven extremely lucky people who might easily not have survived, so we have to be thankful for that at least.
Yet more fabulous shots of long-gone machines! Thank you.
Could not the “AW” stand for Armstrong Whitworth? Or is that too obvious? After all, they made Sea Hawks, which as said the Dutch operated, plus Meteors, although I understand most of these were licence-built by Fokker and weren’t the night-fighter variants which AW were involved in.
EDIT: sorry, just seen the comment to this effect in the original post. Didn’t know that AW also built Javelins…
Well said, sir!
Me too: when not at university it’s my local musem, and I’m always interested to see what’s going on.