Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
After the recent Avenger accident in the US one has to wonder if time shouldn't be called on these aircraft with incredibly complex 80yr old engines that no-one can afford (even if the expertise exists) to overhaul properly - and the Centaurus is far more complicated than most and seems suffers from it as we have seen several times in ecent years.
Terrible shame.
I don't think you can compare the Avenger to the Sea Fury. I have watched Avengers display in the UK for the last 30 years. Anthony Haig Thomas and Ray Hannah both displayed them and to my knowledge without issue.
Several more in America displaying without problems as well as a Centaurus engined Sea Fury iirc.