Had a bit more time on the fury,,, mostly making a pilot out of several differnt ones in the parts box,,,, ive also included some pics of the RNHF in the late 1980s from a dvd I have purley on the pair of sea furys operated by them during that period,,, as most seafury nuts will know their FB11 TF956 was lost when john beatie had a hydraulic leak leaving one gear up & one down,,,,, bailing out the aircraft it crashed in the sea off prestwick,,,TF956 was a true Korean war vet,,, plus the first production FB11,, not long after that they lost their T20 when a con rod broke on the front row of cylinders,,in the emergency landing,, it , landed normally in a field but the T20 with locked tail wheel followed a slight slope in the ground & smashed in between the only pair of trees within 150 acres!,,,, anyway the navy deemed it beyond repair & it was sold on,,,, after a few owners it went to saunders in the states & was rebuilt,,,,,, now with the fighter collection at Duxford, ,,,,, eagle eye seafury fans will notice that it now has a retractable tail wheel which no T20s had,, plus the modern main wheels with the cleavland brake system,, discs rather than the original bag sysytem,,,, similar to drums,,, also its got totaly modern cockpits,,,,, ive read many questions wondering how much of the ex RNHF machine is actually in the resto,,,,!,,RNHF now have their old spares sorce VR930 which was used to keep TF956 aloft,,, VR930 was then restored by BAE when 956 was lost,,,john beatie is still flying a fleet air arm fighter,, the seafire from kennet aviation out of north weald,,,,,, ive met him a few times,,realy nice guy,,,,,,,a few pics from the dvd,,,,
great youtube vid of argonault fitted with a pratt & whitney corn cob,,, turn the volume up,,,,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipjo--zoyyE
