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 Post subject: WJ288 flies again!
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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. :wink:

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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.
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Cool! Is this Bristol powered or 3350?

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Thanks for the report Gary.

PS. if there the only pics. ,then there the BEST pics :D



JohnH wrote:
Cool! Is this Bristol powered or 3350?

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4 blades = USA , 5 blades = UK.

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Some Bristols had 4 blades, transport engines.
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Some Bristols had 4 blades, transport engines.

But not on Fury's

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Great looking a/c. Just curious why the WJ288 is inverted on the underside of one wing? purpose?
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Congrats to all involved!
Will it be at Airsho?
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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

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Woo!

Excellent Gary, thanks for sharing!

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Yes, she is supposed to be at Airsho' this coming weekend..... Alan

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SWEEEEETTTT!!!!!! looking forward to meeting you at Airsho.

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Four blades or five, doesn't matter, it's turning the wrong way to be a Bristol. Looks good none the less.
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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...
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Alan Brooks
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Hey Lynn, here ya' go!
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregi ... wj288.html

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