Graham T Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 News to me but Anglia Aircraft Restorations are just waiting a few Centaurus parts before Tempest II MW763 G-TEMT takes to the air at Sywell. I had no idea that a Tempest existed ANYwhere let alone a flying example! https://www.facebook.com/SywellAviationMuseum/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 After all we've heard about the Centaurus and the last Sea Fury prang, that's remarkably brave. Still, better that than some American lump - I might finally get to hear a Centaurus in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 The last Sea Fury prang wasn't a Centaurus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/24/2021 at 9:21 PM, Graham Boak said: The last Sea Fury prang wasn't a Centaurus. And the one before that neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/24/2021 at 8:21 PM, Graham Boak said: The last Sea Fury prang wasn't a Centaurus. I was under the impression that the Navy Wings Sea Fury T20 was Centaurus powered and that the ex TFC T20 was P&W powered Stay safe Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 The last posting I saw, after some ill-informed criticism of the Centaurus, stated that the most recent Sea Fury crash was of a P&W-engined-example. This was not denied, so I assumed it was correct. Is this not so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I am looking forward to seeing a Tempest in the air more than anything since the Vulcan in 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent K Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Graham Boak said: The last posting I saw, after some ill-informed criticism of the Centaurus, stated that the most recent Sea Fury crash was of a P&W-engined-example. This was not denied, so I assumed it was correct. Is this not so? No, the DUX example was P&W, the RNHF/Fly Navy ones(s) are original and Centaurus equipped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phat trev Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 The only other Tempest, in the UK at least, is in the RAF Museum. I can’t think of any either more (apart from a Mk.V in the USA? which might fly one day, although someone might be able to correct me on this). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don149 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I wonder what happened to the Tempest II which was at Duxford many years back ? . That one looked complete . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, Don149 said: I wonder what happened to the Tempest II which was at Duxford many years back ? . That one looked complete . Duxford have had two, LA607 (the second prototype) which was sold to the States in 1983, and PR536 that was move to Hendon in 1991 and now lives at Cosford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 LA607 was last reported with Kermit Weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 One of the guys at cliosport.net (one of my other hobbies) did the paintwork on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornchurch Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 On 31/05/2021 at 12:40, Don149 said: I wonder what happened to the Tempest II which was at Duxford many years back ? . That one looked complete . As the other two lads (here in the thread, above me) have said, it went 'stateside' Yeah, Kermit Weeks bought it "at auction" It went for £85,000 (back then), but it also had a 'cracked-wing'spar' I did see a You Tube video (fairly recent), around 2016 of it in his hangar(s) It had been painted in some stange looking Olive Green primer (seemingly so) I couldn't help thinking - It's like his Short Sunderland - (Ex Edward Hulton) In other words, "there" but it'll sit "there" forever & a day - (The 'jaded-cynic' in me !) I took an interest in LA607 as a teenager, because it was still at Duxford (then) Every time I went (around 1979/early 1980), it was parked next to "Big Beautiful Doll" (P.51) No-one knew at the time that "it" (LA607) was going up for sale, nor 'stateside' It's like, you turn-up (Dux') & expect it to (still) be there, naturally ! Glad I took some pix of it, when "she" was still resident, back then. It was (formerly) painted-up, in an R.A.F.G scheme, with the White (lip) cowling. Still view it as a big loss (for the U.K), but of course, money-talks (sadly) Same went for the Strathallan Mosquito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don149 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Yes Hornchurch , my wife and I visited Strathallan many years ago , saw the Mosquito and the Lancaster which was parked in the open . still have pics of them , somewhere . A great shame what happened to the Lanc . Don . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) On 1/8/2022 at 4:09 PM, Hornchurch said: Yeah, Kermit Weeks bought it "at auction" It went for £85,000 (back then), but it also had a 'cracked-wing'spar' I did see a You Tube video (fairly recent), around 2016 of it in his hangar(s) It had been painted in some stange looking Olive Green primer (seemingly so) I couldn't help thinking - It's like his Short Sunderland - (Ex Edward Hulton) In other words, "there" but it'll sit "there" forever & a day - (The 'jaded-cynic' in me !) The Tempest Mk.II has remained in the same paint. It's the Tempest Mk.V - which was being actively worked on until Andy Salter retired - that's in primer. Video from Kermit filmed in 2019 when Richard Grace visited Fantasy of Flight to get some info for MW763's restoration. Edited January 14, 2022 by k5054nz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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