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Post by planecrazy on Jan 25, 2023 23:30:54 GMT 12
Bit of footage from the 1990's when the Ardmore based Sea Fury crossed the Tasman
on a number of occasions, twice for air racing in Tasmania, when she was sold to an
Australian owner and from Australia return for Warbirds over Wanaka 2002. Watch out
for the go around and when she lands with a lock up and the tail coming up, whoa girl!
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Post by planecrazy on Jan 26, 2023 9:49:28 GMT 12
Been going through hours of old video tape footage I recently copied to digital, another clip of Sea Fury '14' ZK-SFR in 1995 this one. Bit home movie-ish and an amateur attempt and documentary style with the little section on her history. I was gutted when the Mustang that flew the across Tasman last year didn't come via the island, what made me feel a bit better was the fact that I had seen this awesome beast many years earlier. Bit more on her story in link below. www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregistry/fury-zksfr.html |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 26, 2023 10:02:04 GMT 12
What a magnificent beast that aircraft is.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Jan 26, 2023 10:23:29 GMT 12
Definition of Faith:
Cross the Tasman Sea 7 times behind a single 1952 Centaurus...
He had to deal with significant X-winds on those two occasions
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 26, 2023 18:53:31 GMT 12
You'd be putting some tape marks on the temperatures and pressures for sure.
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Post by planecrazy on Jan 27, 2023 8:46:02 GMT 12
Definition of Faith: Cross the Tasman Sea 7 times behind a single 1952 Centaurus... He had to deal with significant X-winds on those two occasions On one of the return flights she did a Lord Howe to Ardmore direct, that big old sleeve valve must have been running sweet.   |
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Post by planecrazy on Aug 4, 2023 17:27:54 GMT 12
Found some more footage of this old gem, pretty sure this was when Nigel
Arnot flew her across the Tasman for the 2002 Warbirds over Wanaka.
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