dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Hawker Sea Fury FB11 (cn 41h/642111) was built in 1948 and carried the serial WJ244. After leaving Royal Navy service it was aquired by Display Pilot Spencer Flack and was a favourite on the British airshow scene until 2/8/1981 when it force landed near RAF Waddington and was written off. She is shown here operating from Sandown Airfield on the Isle of Wight. (pure fiction, I have no idea if the aircraft ever flew from there! )anyway this beautiful aircraft is shown here in her element, Enjoy...... Fuelling at Sandown getting airborne Out over the Solent,St Helens harbour forward of the wing and Bembridge airport aft of it. over the top, Selsey Bill down by the tail and further up is Beachy Head heading down to pick up speed, Selsey below the nose over Newtown Harbour, just above the wing can be seen the Esso refinery at Fawley Sunset over the Isle of Wight, far left is Whitecliff Bay, then the lights of Bembridge airport to the right, round the headlend to the natural harbour of St Helens, then on the right we can see Ryde pier, the first inlet above that is Fishbourne and the larger one is the harbour at Cowes, Then, on the mainland opposite IOW we can see Hurst point with it's famous fort and lighthouse, the lighter area above that point is Bournemouth and the headland beyond their is the Isle of Purbeck. In the far distance is Portland bill.... heading back to Sandown, just to the left of the left wheel can be seen one of the Sea Forts that were erected to defend Portsmouth from Napoloeons Navy. over the threshold taxying in Parked on the ramp Thanks for viewing,(in case you wondered, the small pods under the wingtips are smoke pots) Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Excellent shots Alan, as always. After flying the Flying Stations Sea Fury, it's definatly one of the best post war, prop fighters Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 What a furious post! (See what I did there?!) Great shots Al, shame she was lost back in the 80's Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,284 Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 She's got great lines, a real beauty. Great pic's too! Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,010 Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Hey Alan, Here's another couple of a different Fury that I remember from when I was a kid. My sisters used to play this all the time. :rofl: Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted August 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Hey Alan, Here's another couple of a different Fury that I remember from when I was a kid. My sisters used to play this all the time. :rofl: Blimey, you're showing your age now ! Heres Yet another Fury from the same era, the North American Fury was the precurser to the famous F86 Sabre. Link to post Share on other sites
charlie 6 Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Some nice modelling on the first, lovely shots Al. Second looks like a Gerry Anderson reject. Link to post Share on other sites
aeromax 10 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 ..specialist flying school, and cool shots, hehe Link to post Share on other sites
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