Hawker Tempest II Nearing Airworthy Status

[buffnut453]

Just found this news about Hawker Tempest II, MW763 ("PR533", G-TEMT) at Sywell Airfield, UK, that's apparently nearing readiness for a first flight:

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Great news for any lovers of Hawker's late piston birds.

EDIT...Here's a pic in case the Facebook linky above doesn't work:

 

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[Crimea_River]

Yep, and another one is progressing well here in Canada. Log into Facebook

 

[rochie]

Cant wait to see that in the air.

 

[Airframes]

Beauties !
Hope to see the Sywell example on June 23rd, and really looking forward to seeing it fly, eventually.

 

[Gnomey]

Very cool!