Hawker Tempest almost ready for flight

[rochie]

Sywell Hawker Tempest first flight approaches!

Hawker Tempest Mk.II heads towards first flight after passing important milestone in its exhaustive restoration

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yeah i know its not a MkV with a Sabre engine but still a welcome sight.

 

[Airframes]

Great news. Looking forward to seeing it on the airshow circuit.

 

[Gnomey]

Cool!

 

[buffnut453]

First flight successfully completed:


View: https://youtu.be/w_Zn9NyQtxw

 

[Wurger]

 

[ThomasP]

I got a kick out of the P-51 camera plane that ambled through the beginning of the video, with the cameraman sitting behind the pilot - facing backwards. Also the ground crew off to the side as the Tempest began to taxi, with the one guy praying and saying "please don't start on fire . . . please don't start on fire . . ".

 

[Snautzer01]

Quite a noise it makes!.

 

[Engineman]

Very impressive. I am still surprised that you don't see; a decent size fire extinguisher, chocks, a 2-man crew for start or even a cockpit brake-man when towing.

I hope that the Centaurus does well on this one. A fantastic engine that has not seen good reliability in vintage operation.

The gear retraction looked worrying/slow.

Best wishes and Good luck!

Eng

 

[Gnomey]

Very cool!