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Always interesting to find old photos of warbirds still around today.


IWM archives


IWM archives


IWM archives

RNHF Sea Fury T 20 Landing mishap Culdrose Air Day 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POUmD2kX5P4

Hopefully soon to fly once again


Photo from link below
According to Wiki: "On 31 July 2014 a Hawker Sea Fury T.20 (VX281) owned by Royal Navy History Flights made a controlled crash landing at the RNAS Culdrose Air Day. During the display, smoke was seen coming from the plane's engine. During an approach for an emergency landing, the undercarriage extended but failed to lock, leading to a belly landing. Lt Cdr Chris Gotke, 44, the pilot, suffered no injuries and was later was awarded the Air Force Cross for his decision to continue to fly the aircraft to safety rather than parachute out and abandon it; he later stated that "The safety of the crowd was never a factor because the aircraft was fully controllable."

Set to fly again in 2016
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-la ... in-in-2016

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