Hawker Sea Fury T.20 WG655 (G-INVN) down near Duxford
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I have heard that both crew are OK.
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Forum gossip says crew OK but some serious damage with the front cockpit apparently separated at the front canopy edge.
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Very lucky I'd say...
Slightly ironic that they swapped the Centaurus out for a P&W because the Bristol was prone to engine failure... :uhoh: https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d9a13bfdd9.jpg |
Great news about the crew.
Great news about the crew, any landing you can walk away from and all that. She's been bent before, RNHF 1990.
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Nige, you've answered my question, wondered why it had a Double Wasp installed.
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Originally Posted by STENDEC North
(Post 10853181)
Nige, you've answered my question, wondered why it had a Double Wasp installed.
More info here... |
News reporting 'Sea Hawker' down
Apparently news reporting a 'Sea Hawker' aircraft down. Good to know the journo's are as useless as ever, all they had to do was Google the registration they'd been given....
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...crash-18715882 |
Some of the worst Media cut-and-paste drivel I’ve ever seen. Is the Editor on furlough? Well done Cambridge News.
Meanwhile ... pilots are more valuable than aircraft, however rare. Glad they’re OK. Brings back sad memories of Spenser Flack putting G-FURY into ‘my’ approach lights at XW. |
"The plane was a Sea Fury crash UK Hawker Sea Fury T.20 (G-INVN)" .Apparently it made a False Landing. (Not to be confused with a Precautionary False Landing).What a blessed age we live in. |
Originally Posted by MPN11
(Post 10853201)
Some of the worst Media cut-and-paste drivel I’ve ever seen. Is the Editor on furlough? Well done Cambridge News..
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Originally Posted by STENDEC North
(Post 10853180)
Great news about the crew, any landing you can walk away from and all that. She's been bent before, RNHF 1990.
Good news the crew are OK looking at the state of the fuselage around the front cockpit area. |
Originally Posted by GeeRam
(Post 10853264)
30 years ago a few weeks back, and almost in the same way, coming to rest in a field after smashing into tress, after an engine failure after take-off.
Good news the crew are OK looking at the state of the fuselage around the front cockpit area. |
Originally Posted by Nige321
(Post 10853265)
Apparently the same serial and data plate, but not much more from the original WG655...
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Originally Posted by Skipness One Foxtrot
(Post 10853274)
This is surely a replica?
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Even less of the original now... :(
I know it's sacrilege but it did sound good with the R2800 and an amazing broad chord four blade prop off, if I recall, a Grumman Guardian... Hopefully Sanders or somebody else will stitch her back together in time. So pleased the crew are in one piece - they'll have to swap notes with John Beattie (I do hope it wasn't John at the helm this time!). |
Originally Posted by Skipness One Foxtrot
(Post 10853274)
This is surely a replica?
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My gosh, but that aircraft really, really has a thing about trees, doesn't it?
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Wasn't this the Sea Fury put for sale recently? Or was it perhaps the new owner or prospective owner trying it out - sure hope not?
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Originally Posted by Tashengurt
(Post 10853170)
Forum gossip says crew OK but some serious damage with the front cockpit apparently separated at the front canopy edge.
Originally Posted by treadigraph
(Post 10853282)
Rear fuse and tail off original WG655 mated to an ex Iraqi fuselage and centre section I believe...
Originally Posted by Martin the Martian
(Post 10853284)
My gosh, but that aircraft really, really has a thing about trees, doesn't it?
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