WJ288 flies again!
Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:35 pm
After waiting three and a half years for an engine, Sea Fury WJ288 (based out of Memphis) is airborne once again. I spent the last week or so installing the engine and getting the airplane all "annualed up." These pictures aren't that great, but that's not really what I was asked to be there for. 
Gary
Gary
Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:39 pm
Good news! Thanks for the update Gary.
I well remember this one (as G-SALY) sitting in TFC's hangar at Duxford for a while before it moved to the US. A previous owner had tried installing a transport Centaurus from a Beverley, but in the event it never flew in that configuration.
Great to see another Sea Fury back in the air again.
I well remember this one (as G-SALY) sitting in TFC's hangar at Duxford for a while before it moved to the US. A previous owner had tried installing a transport Centaurus from a Beverley, but in the event it never flew in that configuration.
Great to see another Sea Fury back in the air again.
Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:15 pm
Cool! Is this Bristol powered or 3350?
JH
JH
Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:36 pm
Thanks for the report Gary.
PS. if there the only pics. ,then there the BEST pics
4 blades = USA , 5 blades = UK.
PS. if there the only pics. ,then there the BEST pics
JohnH wrote:Cool! Is this Bristol powered or 3350?
JH
4 blades = USA , 5 blades = UK.
Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:52 pm
Some Bristols had 4 blades, transport engines.
Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:55 pm
Stoney wrote:Some Bristols had 4 blades, transport engines.
But not on Fury's
Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:31 pm
Great looking a/c. Just curious why the WJ288 is inverted on the underside of one wing? purpose?
Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:16 pm
Congrats to all involved!
Will it be at Airsho?
Will it be at Airsho?
Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:26 pm
Flat 12x2 wrote:Stoney wrote:Some Bristols had 4 blades, transport engines.
But not on Fury's
Jim Mott's Sea Fury did...
T J
Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:07 pm
Woo!
Excellent Gary, thanks for sharing!
Excellent Gary, thanks for sharing!
WJ-288
Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:27 pm
Yes, she is supposed to be at Airsho' this coming weekend..... Alan
Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:33 pm
SWEEEEETTTT!!!!!! looking forward to meeting you at Airsho.
Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:14 pm
Four blades or five, doesn't matter, it's turning the wrong way to be a Bristol. Looks good none the less.
Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:43 pm
T J Johansen wrote:Flat 12x2 wrote:Stoney wrote:Some Bristols had 4 blades, transport engines.
But not on Fury's
Jim Mott's Sea Fury did...
T J
Where did this Sea Fury end up at? I last remember it last
at the 2000 Reno Air Races and after that, somebody else
brought it??
TIA,
Lynn
Great shots Gary, I'll look for you on Sunday...
WJ-288
Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:28 am
Hey Lynn, here ya' go!
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregi ... wj288.html
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregi ... wj288.html