WJ288 flies again!

Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:05 am

Warren_C wrote:Great looking a/c. Just curious why the WJ288 is inverted on the underside of one wing? purpose?

Its a standard Royal Navy scheme of the period. You can read the serial if the a/c is coming towards you or going away from you.

Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:24 am

Beautiful job.

Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:13 am

Hi Gary,a great looking Fury.Great to see the CAF flying Pommie aircraft as well as their own,did you have some time to spare with all thats happening with Fifi so you could work on WJ288?Just wondering why the 3 1/2 year wait on the engine,is it unique or was funding an issue.Best Regards,Pete

Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:57 am

OZFURYFAN wrote:Hi Gary,a great looking Fury.Great to see the CAF flying Pommie aircraft as well as their own,did you have some time to spare with all thats happening with Fifi so you could work on WJ288?Just wondering why the 3 1/2 year wait on the engine,is it unique or was funding an issue.Best Regards,Pete

Well, as far as "spare time" is concerned, I don't really have much of that. I did the engine install on the Sea Fury because I love that airplane and have spent many, many hours working on it in the past, plus I wanted to make sure it got back in the air in time for the CAF Airshow. I took the engine off in May 2003 and I was going to make dang sure I was the one to put it back on.

The 3 1/2 year thing is a touchy subject. Sometimes engine overhaul shops have some troubles getting an engine out in a short period of time. This is one of those cases. The engine I put on is not the one I took off, as it is still not quite finished. The Sea Fury Sponsor Group for the CAF raised the funds to get an overhauled engine from another shop that had one ready.

Gary

Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:16 am

CONGRATS, on getting her back in the air!

I look foward to seeing her in Midland.

Philip Beegle
Dixie Wing

Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:23 pm

Lynn Allen wrote:
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...

It was owned by Steve Bolander and Jim Michaels for some time. Think one of the pair had a heart attack or something. Plane was sold to a guy named Eric Woelbing of Wisconsin. Don't know any more than that!

T J

Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:46 pm

T J Johansen wrote:
Lynn Allen wrote:
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...

It was owned by Steve Bolander and Jim Michaels for some time. Think one of the pair had a heart attack or something. Plane was sold to a guy named Eric Woelbing of Wisconsin. Don't know any more than that!

T J

Thanks, TJ, that what I remember. Its was Steve, RIP, that passed on. I remember an owner, but haven't heard anything from since then....

Lynn

Gary, thanks for the hard work, last time I saw it, you two were at Nelson's fixing the gear....

Lynn

Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:52 am

Hi Gary,thanks for the response,wish you & CAF safe skies as they really are a great aeroplane.Trust you will keep us up to date on Fifi as well.Cheers,Pete