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"Furias"
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Serial #: WH589 Construction #: 41H/636336 Civil Registration: CF-CHB G-AGHB N4434P N985HW Model: Fury FB Mk. 11 Name: Furias Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 www.furias.com |
History: Delivered to RAN as WH589 - BOC: Mar. 7, 1952. - SOC: Sept. 23, 1963. - Arrived as deck cargo on carrier HMAS Sydney, Mar. 1952. - Collected from RNAS Sembawang, Singapore. - Withdrawn from use and delivered from Nowra NAS to Sydney-Bankstown for storage, Oct. 30, 1961. -- Marked as 115/NW. Fawcett Aviation, Sydney-Bankstown, NSW, Sept. 23, 1963-1969. - Open storage, 1963-1969. - Sold to Lord Trefgarne, London, UK, but not collected Nov. 1963. Ormond Haydon-Baillie, Vancouver, BC, Jan. 1969-1974. - Shipped from Sydney to USA on USS Coral Sea, June 1970. - Registered as CF-CHB. - Gear collapsed on landing, Reading, PA, June 14, 1971. - Flew in campflage as RAF WH589/O-HB. - Shipped from Vancouver to Southend,Nov. 23, 1973. Ormond Haydon-Baillie, Southend, May 9, 1974-1978. - Registered as G-AGHB. Spencer R. Flack, Elstree, 1979. - Crashed, Osnabruck, West Germany, June 24, 1979. Angus McVitie, Cranfield, UK, 1980-1983. - Acquired wreckage. Craig Charleston, Colchester, UK, 1990. - Acquired wreckage. Lyoyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa, CA, Oct. 1983-1999. - Registered as N4434P. - Rebuilt as modified racer. -- Fitted with P&W R-4360 powerplant. -- Composite rebuild from VX715 & WJ290, using parts from WH589. -- Assumed id WH589. - Flown as race #15/Furias. Joe Clancy Aviation, Camarillo, CA, Apr. 24, 1997-2000. - Registered as N985HW. Bill Rodgers & Dale V. Stolzer/R&S Aero Displays, Everett-Paine Field, WA, July 19, 2000-2002. - Flown as race #15/Furias. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002 |
