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Serial #: - Construction #: 37723 41H/643827 Civil Registration: N43SF ZK-SFR VH-SHF Model(s): FB Mk. 10 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to Iraqi AF as 326, Dec. 1953. Ed Jurist & David C. Tallichet, Orlando, FL, 1979. - Registered as N43SF. - Recovered from Iraq. - Stored dismantled in Orlando, FL. Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International, Nyack, NY, Aug. 1979-1984. New Zealand Sea Fury Syndicate, Ardmore, 1986-1993. - Registered as ZK-SFR, Feb. 11, 1987. - Airfreighted to NZ by RNZAF C-130. - Rebuilt Ardmore. - First Flight, March 12, 1988. - Flew as WJ232/O Flightwatch Services Ltd., Ardmore, Aug. 30, 1993-2000. - Fitted with wing-folding mechanism from WG655, 1991. Steve Hart/Unlimited Aerobatics/Hart's Flying Fighter Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Sept. 2000-2001. Hart's Flying Fighters Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, May 31, 2001-2002. - Registered as VH-SHF. - Flown as Ryoyal Navy WJ232/114/O. |