I wouldn’t have thought it would take to the air,unfortunately these Tempests have all started with great gusto until they begin to look like a complete Tempest then the money/Inthusiasm/will to live? runs out.
If it is being done in the USA they can’t be expected to be as fully inthusiastic as to what a significant plane it is, as after all its a British plane they would get more satisfaction in rebuilding say a Mustang.
The other problem is the older version of the Centaurus it is fitted with
[ presuming you are being authentic that is ] as this is probably harder to restore than the later version in the Sea Fury.

Graham

Why would that be the case? Ezell have a fantastic reputation for some great rebuilds, just because one hasn’t flown yet I don’t think we should be so quick to dismiss this one.
By the same token, have I wasted the last goodness knows how many years of my life as an englisman helping to restore and maintain a couple of Mustangs a Harvard and a Stearman??? I can promise you there would have been nowhere near the enthusiasm had they been a couple of Spitfires/Hurricanes or god forbid a Tiger Moth…

Ju87s and ME110s sold to a museum in Germany following Sir Tim’s accident

On the other hand surely it does no harm to post about things we find interesting/worth mentioning?

It’s not sold yet… maybe we should reconsider how sad it is when once we know where it will end up… We still have a few Hurricanes knocking around in the UK anyway…
The American economy isnt wonderful at the moment either…

A couple of years ago i went in on the friday practice day and all that came in was a P-51.

I know… they are just soooo common… I went up to an airfield last year quite a few weekends in the summer and all that flew was a P51… or two… but do you know what… it was absolutely fantastic…
Don’t ever get complacent… you never know when it will all end…

And here’s another (who knows where? 😉 ):

Tom Reilly’s place at Kissimmee

Try the flying club at Old Buckenham, last time I encountered him was in a Stearman

The accident aircraft that put paid to Sir Tim’s flying was NH799, however TB863 suffered an accident shortly after arriving in New Zealand. Its now in Australia. NH799 was/is under rebuild again.