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By: 29th June 2018 at 20:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Tempest? UK? Thought there was one in Canada and I think Kermit Weeks had one underway. There is a Typhoon here, RB396, however
By: 29th June 2018 at 21:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I understand three are in store or being slowly worked on including G-TEMT and G-PEST. The last exchanges seemed to be in 2016 on this forum. It would be time for an update then.
By: 29th June 2018 at 21:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I believe the F.2 that was at Wickenby is now been worked on down at North Weald, Kermit has two a Mk. V and a F.2, Richard Grace has a Mk.V, there are F.2's being restored in Canada, New Zealand and the US. some will be fitted with P&W R2800 engines for greater reliability.
Rich.
By: 29th June 2018 at 22:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-That's how I found out about the Tempest in the UK...Kermit did a video on his tempest when it was in the UK and while looking at the rudder assembly the British guy showing him it said it had to go back the Richard Grace for his project.
By: 29th June 2018 at 23:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I believe the one mentioned at North Weald is now with Richard Grace/Air Leasing, for Anglia Aircraft Restorations.
By: 30th June 2018 at 03:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The New Zealand F.2 became the Canadian F.2 a few years back after the death of the then-owner. I think it's been in Canada for at least two years.
By: 1st July 2018 at 18:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hi All,
Funny enough I was web crawling the other day and came across these web pages. http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/survivors/2015-01-19-19-22-20/mw3762
Hawker Tempest II - MW376 Restoration Faceache page:- Hawker Tempest II - MW376 Restoration
Photos page:-https://www.facebook.com/pg/Hawker-Tempest-II-MW376-Restoration-127964464230509/photos/?ref=page_internal
Interesting article on the history of Tempest MW3762:-http://www.kiwiflyer.co.nz/KiwiFlyer-Issue-30-Hawker-Tempest-Project.pdf
Kermits Tempests:-http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/survivors/2015-01-19-19-22-20/ej6932
The UK Hawker Tempest II MW763 (G-TEMT) :-http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/survivors/2015-01-19-19-22-20/mw7633
Their Faceache page only one post 2016 (Courtesy of Matthew Smith) concerning the Tmepest looks like a long term project but it's obviously in 1st class hands:-https://www.facebook.com/WealdAviationServices/posts/1284820054878350
Just for interest:-https://www.facebook.com/WealdAviationServices/?hc_ref=ARSxUzmFyzACp74PiDG-dydUWjKL0bX1eyzYEJxbRJc75e4RlXWz21N3h0jnqED021A
This web page always good for a gander for Tempest projects and survivors i.e the above three.:-http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/survivors/2015-01-19-19-22-20/mw4043
Geoff.
By: 2nd July 2018 at 02:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I think Chris Miller in the USA has a Tempest
By: 2nd July 2018 at 02:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Wonderful to see all those projects ticking along nicely.
By: 2nd July 2018 at 04:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-From memory Chris Miller's is MW404.
MW376 is the former Kiwi, now Canadian, project.
The website http://hawkertempest.se is updated quite regularly and has exhaustive bios on each surviving airframe.
By: 2nd July 2018 at 09:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thank you k 5054 nz for the link, very useful.
Heres a page devoted to Skyfame which was the custodian of LA 607, worth a read to understand how Skyfame was one of the few non public funded museums to seek out and preserve aircraft http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/JetAgeRMCSkyfame.htm
By: 2nd July 2018 at 17:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Exciting times for all Tempest fans!
With active airworthy restoration projects from:
Canada x1
UK x1
USA x4
By: 2nd July 2018 at 17:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What have the RAF Museum done with the one that was in Milestones?
By: 2nd July 2018 at 17:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-They’ve cut it into tiny parts and selling it in the shop to pay for the next museum refit...?
By: 2nd July 2018 at 18:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-One being restored in the U.K. to fly ?
I get three;-
MW401 - G-PEST
MW763 - G-TEMP
JN768 - G-TMPV
All with Anglia Aviation ? Or is one with Grace?
Anyone know where JN768 Sabre would come from?
By: 3rd July 2018 at 07:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hi Vega,
You are right. MW763 is probably the most complete of the three though.
The Canadian example looks closest to completion.
By: 3rd July 2018 at 07:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-From what I can imagine, there is very little of JN768 at all. I can't really imagine how they're going to secure a Sabre for their project unless one is built new, or they convince a museum to part with one.
Either way, 5 Tempests in the air possibly within the next decade is too exciting.
Edit: AND two Typhoons!
By: 3rd July 2018 at 09:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-When visiting Solent Sky last wednesday I was amazed to see a Sabre on display.
Cheers
Cees
By: 3rd July 2018 at 10:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Having a nosy around on hawkertempest.se, and I'm wondering if there is still Tempest relics sitting in the weeds in Poona, India, as there were in 1980 as photographed on the site. It looks like there was a relatively clean, but unidentified example, whose fate is unkown.
http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/survivors/2015-01-19-19-22-20/mkiisatpoona
By: 3rd July 2018 at 10:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Having a nosy around on hawkertempest.se, and I'm wondering if there is still Tempest relics sitting in the weeds in Poona, India, as there were in 1980 as photographed on the site. It looks like there was a relatively clean, but unidentified example, whose fate is unkown.
Was it not said at the time that the airframes that were not brought back to the UK were scrapped at the behest of the buyer to avoid any dilution of the market?
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By: R4118 - 29th June 2018 at 18:57
Just wondering if anyone knows the current state of the Tempest that's being restored somewhere in the UK.
Is it something to do with Richard Grace?
I'm not overly familiar with the project...