Sea Fury on Steroids!

**neilly** · 26th January 2013, 10:41

Hi All,

The undoubted star of the 2012 Flying Legends, in my opinion, was the Australian Navy Sea Fury. What a fabulous display it was! Here are a few pics............ Hope 2013 is even better!

TTFN,
Neil

**craig88** · 27th January 2013, 02:34

It looks really powerful. nice shots

**Flygirl** · 27th January 2013, 06:09

Nice shots.

**Aces High** · 27th January 2013, 07:03

Excellent captures Neil, thanks for sharing.

This display was one of the highlights of Legends 2012 for me too.

**pegasus911** · 27th January 2013, 08:07

Agree, She was one of my favourites this year....

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**inkworm** · 27th January 2013, 09:55

Day we went there was a bit of wind, I gather on a still day the display is even better. Great photos of a stunning aircraft.

**8674planes** · 27th January 2013, 14:46

It's a beautiful aircraft. It's just a shame that she is not fitted with a Centaurus.

**kenjohan** · 27th January 2013, 18:06

"...she is not fitted with a Centaurus." Is she fitted with a 3350?

**Wyvernfan** · 27th January 2013, 21:02

I think more likely a P&W 2800.

Rob

**David Burke** · 27th January 2013, 21:57

She has a Wright R-3350 fitted.

**neilly** · 28th January 2013, 09:52

Hi All,

Whatever engine the Sea Fury has it's pretty damn impressive. The climb outs were fantastic - the aircraft just seemed to keep going up without losing speed. I hope these few pictures can show just that.

Pegasus, I think we could not have been far away from each other -

TTFN,
Neil

**charliehunt** · 28th January 2013, 11:23

I couldn't agree more! Stunning pictures of a stunning aircraft perfectly displayed.

**Ant Harrington** · 28th January 2013, 15:42

Both the French registered Furies are powered by Wright R-3350's, as are most of the "Americanized" Furies. The only exceptions as far as I'm aware are Dreadnought, flying with a whopping 28-cylinder P&W R-4360, and Argonaut with a P&W R-2800. Both were converted by Sanders Aeronautics, and the R-2800 fit on Argonaut is a fairly recent modification which could be applied to other examples in due course. The Sanders website is well worth checking out, click the "Aircraft" tab in the red bar...

http://www.sandersaircraft.com/

Great pics Neilly, it was certainly a great display.

**Flygirl** · 28th January 2013, 16:14

More nice shots.

**neilly** · 29th January 2013, 10:12

Thanks for the comments, one and all - always appreciated.

Ant, you've not lost your touch for gems of information - that's a good site to look at, too.

TTFN,
Neil

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