Warbird Information Exchange

Interesting recent import into Canada is Hawker Tempest II G-BSHW. Must be a belated birthday present for Canada.
This aircraft was recently for sale on Platinum Fighter Sales.

Any word on who the new owner is?

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Matt

I don't have any further information unfortunately. I noticed that it was listed on Transport Canada's website, as being imported July 3, 2014.

Found a bit more information on Pioneer Aero's website.

http://www.pioneeraero.co.nz/2014/07/04/tempest-mkii/

HOT darn!!! I can't wait to see who the buyer was.

Sean

Canada must be getting two Tempests then because the one here in NZ was still in the Pioneer Aero hangar on the afternoon of Wednesday the 2nd of July

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It's not us. (I wish...)

I wonder who?

Dave

The more I think about it the more I think it may be Robert Jens. Now that the Mosquito is finished, he might have been looking for another project.

No hard evidence, just me thinking out loud. If it wasn't VWC, and I doubt CWHM would pick up another large project AND keep it a secret, The only other likely person is Mr. Jens.

Sean

That's very strange as G-BSHW (the rego quoted by the OP) was the registration taken up for MW376 - the former Hertz machine - in 1991.

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Or the simplest answer is that 'imported' according to Transport Canada can mean something other than physically moved into the country.

I was talking tongue in cheek when I said Canada must be getting two. Yes the original poster's source must mean something different from physically imported, because it has not yet left these shores. (NZ)

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I suggested a Typhoon to Mike the other day, but he didn't seem to jump on that...
Given that the only Typhoon left is in the museum a Tempest would be a good alternative.

Terry

t must be a tough restoration challenge to restore a Tempest. There are 12 or more survivors and none have returned to airworthy status. That's les success than the P-39, FW-190, A-36, well you get the idea.

In addition to its complexities (and they are many) the Tempest II is a post-war type, and therefore seem to generate a similar amount of interest with collectors, for example, 20-series Spitfires (none of which have been restored to fly in the past 30 years, in spite of airframes being available)