Originally Posted by
LTNman
What happened to Spencer Flack and his Sea Fury?
Coming back from an airshow somewhere up north in August 1981 or 82 he suffered engine problems and nearly made it into Waddington - nearly was a ploughed field just short of the runway, which did for the Fury and almost did for Spencer too - if I recall he was quite badly injured and was lucky to have survived.
Although he still competed in air racing in a Baron and also owned a Mustang for a few years, he abandoned flying vintage aeroplanes after the prang in favour of driving vintage racing cars; ironic really as he very sadly died a few years ago in a fatal car crash whilst racing in Austria. One of the fathers of the UK Warbird movement...