Sea Fury C-FGAT now listed at Courtesy

[Warbirdnerd]

http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20I ... 20Fury.htm

[daveymac82c]

It's tempting, but it doesn't have enough prop blades. Maybe I could get the price lowered on account of the item having a slight "defect."

Oh, there's also the fact I don't have enough money to afford it, at the moment.

With joking aside, I hope she finds a good home, is painted up nicely, and spends as much time in the air as her owners can handle.

Peace,

David

[Warbird Kid]

I bet CWH wishes they had the money to pick it up. Would be a nice accomplice for the Firefly.

[Yak 11 Fan]

Is this the one that had a landing incident recently?

[Mike]

Is this the one that had a landing incident recently?

Yes, it is. It also has a very non-standard cockpit and systems fit (I saw it at Sun 'n Fun a few years back)

[Mike]

Double post

[Lynn Allen]

Anybody know who brought Excalibur??

[Steve T]

Aw shoot. That's disappointing...even if not entirely surprising. There goes Canada's last flying example of my favourite type (assuming the eventual purchaser isn't in Canada).

CWH would be less likely to be after a Sky Fury conversion like C-FGAT than a more-stock aircraft (and such are periodically also available); in any case the museum's focus is on restoring, maintaining, upgrading and operating its existing fleet--chiefly multiengined types and trainers. I wouldn't expect a flyable fighter type to be on the radar there anytime soon, especially with periodic visits from the region's two significant private fighter collections...

S.

[54H60]

I wouldn't expect a flyable fighter type to be on the radar there anytime soon, especially with periodic visits from the region's two significant private fighter collections...

S.

Expect to be surprised.

[AIRIC]

I heard there is something brewing at the CWH. Hopefully in time for the Airshow.







Although not a stock machine it would still tell the story. Would be nice to see some insignias on it as well.

Eric

[daveymac82c]

I totally agree with you Eric, I've always wondered why it was never painted with any sort of insignia.

I remember many years ago we had a BEAUTIFUL Sea Fury, stock... with 5 blades attached to a Bristol Centaurus. Sadly that plane was sold down to Florida, I believe. "Simply Magnificant" was an ex-Iraqi Air Force craft.

Peace,

David

[k5083]

Even more years ago, there was N232J which appeared at at least one of the CWH shows in not entirely accurate, but still pretty nice Canadian markings.



Nowadays the same identity TG114 is claimed by the Sanders' Argonaut which is also in Canadian colors but has that propeller defect.

And before that there was Hayden-Baille's which was painted up a little like a Tempest.

August

[51fixer]

Even more years ago, there was N232J which appeared at at least one of the CWH shows in not entirely accurate, but still pretty nice Canadian markings.



Nowadays the same identity TG114 is claimed by the Sanders' Argonaut which is also in Canadian colors but has that propeller defect.

And before that there was Hayden-Baille's which was painted up a little like a Tempest.

August

I believe today N232J is part of the Rod Lewis Collection after being prepared as a highly modified Air Racer named September POPS. It won the Reno Gold race a few years back.
Frank Sanders rebuilt it back in the late 60s after a friend was killed when it landed off airport IIRC. He fitted the larger canopy after creating a back seat area.
He also developed the wing tip smoke generators and used them on this aircraft performing at Air Shows for many years.
It went through a number of owners after the Sanders Family sold it.
Frank had another dual control Sea Fury he restored that he used instead of 232.
They later pioneered the engine conversions to improve reliability of the powerplant.

[Mike]

Nowadays the same identity TG114 is claimed by the Sanders' Argonaut which is also in Canadian colors but has that propeller defect.

Dunno about that - it looks ok to me!

[Steve T]

There's always been a certain amount of confusion surrounding the two (count 'em) Furies TG114...

N232J was built up from parts of TG114, VR918 and VR919 by Frank Sanders after a crash in previous ownership; Mr Sanders considered it to be properly VR919 plus parts of the other two, but the airplane that crashed was TG114 and that's the on-paper ID for it. It was sold years ago and became Mike Brown's Reno champ N232MB "September Fury".

Also a parts airframe--reputedly involving a decent chunk of the original TG114--"Argonaut" was built up by the Sanders as a semi-stock Sky Fury racer/warbird; at times, at least, it has worn probably the most accurate RCN livery ever on a restored Fury. As August points out, the later double-grey RCN scheme has been seen on several Furies through the years but no one's ever got it quite right.

N232J appeared at Mt.Hope a couple times...less well known, so did the first of the Iraqi Furies to fly stateside, N19SF, in 1980. It wore what might charitably be called a free interpretation of RCN double grey, with maple leaves that looked like stylized pot...! N19SF crashed in 1981 at Harlingen.

Colour me curious re an arrival at the Hope...haven't heard anything lately. Was up there today as it happens for a Studebaker club meeting...

S.