Sea Fury extra photos

[Echo Delta]

The January 2012 issue of FLYER features a fantastic and fascinating flight test of the Royal Navy Historic Flight's Sea Fury T 20 by Nick Barnard.

To accompany the piece, here are a few more of Ed Hick's excellent photographs of the aircraft.



climbing wall, Navy style



it takes about 20 to 30 seconds to extend the wings, and this makes it easier to remove the pitot cover





















Formation flying from the back seat not so easy, as the view to the side and down is limited



Looping! Up she goes, effortlessly



You can see the Hawker Tempest heritage clearly



Yes please, I'll have one, and a single-seat playmate would be nice too

[Capt Edmund]

Lovely pics and a cracking article. I used to work with Goaty and I can remember the pride he had of digging out his logbook and showing off a picture of the single seat Fury after I mentioned that I used to fly a Jodel. He then described (in an office chair) what it was like getting her lined up for takeoff, locking the tailwheel, and gradually feeding the power in whilst keeping her straight before zooming into the climb - complete with sound effects and bouncing the chair to resemble the motion!