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Hawker Sea Fury/WJ288
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Serial #: WJ288 Construction #: 41H/696792 Civil Registration: G-SALY N15S Model: FB Mk. 11 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
History: RNAS Lossiemouth, May 9, 1961-1963. - Placed into storage. Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Ltd, Dunsfold, Mar. 12, 1963-1966. - Open storage. A.J. Osborne/Historic Aircraft Museum, Southend, Sept. 1966-1983. - Stored, 1966. - Displayed, 1967. Patrick Luscombe, May 10, 1983. - Acquired from museum auction. Patrick Luscombe/British Air Reserve, Lympne/Duxford, July 12, 1983-1988. - Registered as G-SALY. - Restored to airworthy. Doug Arnold/Warbirds Of GB Ltd, Biggin Hill, 1988-1989. Ed Stanley, Portland, OR, 1990-1993. - Shipped to Chino, CA. - Registered as N15S, June 1991. David W. Peeler, Memphis, TN, Dec. 28, 1993-2002. - Restored to airworthy, Chino, CA, 1993-1994 & Wahpeton, ND, 1997. - Flown as RN WJ288/153. American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX, Feb. 08, 2006-2007. |
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, 2007. |
Photo Source(s): Mark Silvestri Unknown Research Assistance: - |
