Hawker Tempest Mk. II MW763 First Flight

[MARU 5137]

 

MY friend sent ME this YouTube video to have a peek at it.

STUNNING  restoration  and beautiful to see.

 

 

Yesterday afternoon, a very special aircraft flew for the first time after a 34 year restoration. Hawker Tempest Mk.II MW763, registered as G-TEMT and painted as PR533 of 33 Squadron took to the skies at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire. Experienced warbird pilot Pete Kynsey was at the controls for this historic flight and took her straight to her new home at IWM Duxford.

Huge congratulations to everyone involved, especially those at Air Leasing at Sywell who have put so much effort and time into this unique aircraft to get her back in the sky. This is the Mark II variant of the Hawker Tempest, the only Mark to be fitted with a Bristol Centaurus engine. Six marks were designed, each with a different engine including the Napier Sabre (as used on the Hawker Typhoon), Rolls-Royce Griffon and the Centaurus. The Mk.II entered service too late to see action in World War II.

 

[PanzerWomble]

Came all the way from India ! 

 

Link

[Martinnfb]

What a beauty, thank you for sharing. 🙏

[ScottsGT]

34 year restoration.  And I thought I was slow with my Mustang. 

[MARU 5137]

7 hours ago, PanzerWomble said:

Came all the way from India ! 

 

Link

So MY late Father  was stationed in Pune (Puna or Poona ) and when I went to Pune to visit MY father's friend , I saw this dilapidated  aircraft as your link photos show but did not know the history behind it.

MY Father's friend still lives in Pune and keeps "tabs " on aircrafts that were used in India 🇮🇳.  (and those he flew).

So when discovered  where this " Most beautiful but 

quite  a neglected  aircraft " (In his best English  and Hindi )  was taken and discovered it was restored.

"C" Sahib   is  one happy Happy Retired Indian Air Force  gentleman  !!

Splendid restoration work. In MY lifetime to see it fly here after it was used and flown in India is really lovely..

Thanks Panzerwomble  

You've made one Indian person very happy with that link  of yours about its history.

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[PanzerWomble]

49 minutes ago, MARU 5137 said:

So MY late Father  was stationed in Pune (Puna or Poona ) and when I went to Pune to visit MY father's friend , I saw this dilapidated  aircraft as your link photos show but did not know the history behind it.

MY Father's friend still lives in Pune and keeps "tabs " on aircrafts that were used in India 🇮🇳.  (and those he flew).

So when discovered  where this " Most beautiful but 

quite  a neglected  aircraft " (In his best English  and Hindi )  was taken and discovered it was restored.

"C" Sahib   is  one happy Happy Retired Indian Air Force  gentleman  !!

Splendid restoration work. In MY lifetime to see it fly here after it was used and flown in India is really lovely..

Thanks Panzerwomble  

You've made one Indian person very happy with that link  of yours about its history.

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So pleased to bring some joy to an old pilot .....does he ...er .....know of any others stashed away in barns perhaps ?? 

[MARU 5137]

Hello Panzerwomble, 

So being a "seasoned " traveller in India on MY own or in company.... 

From Bombay to Pune  Old  Highway one comes across lots of different  & wondrous things to see....Abandoned!

A trip to India a few years back.First saw it in  when it wax still New looking. Around 2005-2006.

The last photo shows how it was... then the elements took control !

 

 

 

 

One goes home to see family and friends and then  one goes Travelling...

 

The Air Sahara's Boeing 737 (Flight S2-226 ), which ran off the Mumbai airport runway on October 9, 2005, now finds itself at Nishiland Water Park in Khopoli Nishiland Water Park.

Photo from Google Earth shows the lone Boeing 737... I cannot get the link to work.

 

 

[MARU 5137]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/bZ7A8iMT5FHWEV8B9

 

Shows Earth map where the abandoned  Boeing 737 is located...  if you "walk" (smaller square inset photo ) you can see on the landscape ...from the road.

 

Here is a link to its story of being  left & abandoned.

 

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/commercial-vehicles/243055-boeing-737-abandoned-aircraft-located-off-old-bombay-pune-highway.html

 

 

[PanzerWomble]

Fascinating , seems like a bad luck aircraft if the waterpark that bought it went bust  , 

 

Do you remember the old Lightning at the side of A1 for many years ?

 

 

 

[MARU 5137]

Yes I do !!

Totally  done in !!

[MARU 5137]

Panzerwomble/Guy,

Did you not build  AHawker Tempest  over on LSP a while back.... 

[PanzerWomble]

3 hours ago, MARU 5137 said:

Panzerwomble/Guy,

Did you not build  AHawker Tempest  over on LSP a while back.... 

I started with a old Typhoon and was going to take parts off the SH Tempest to glam it up a few years back ...That idea got shelved and have just completed a Tempest on it's own as part of a GB on LSP . It's on the RFI section on this forum ...leaving me with the old Revell Typhoon to make one day.....shortly to be on it's way to PENN USA ...

[MARU 5137]

Ah I see.

Just going to RFI on here... 

You have done a fantastic job on  it.

She looks AMAZING. 

[npb748r]

On 10/14/2023 at 7:17 PM, PanzerWomble said:

Do you remember the old Lightning at the side of A1 for many years ?

I still look out for it now even though I know it's no longer there !  I now play "spot the spot where the lightning was" whenever I use the A1 

[tanzanadori]

I can't imagine what it must've been like to witness that first flight at Sywell Aerodrome. The sound of that Bristol Centaurus engine must have been unreal. Huge props to Pete Kynsey and everyone at Air Leasing – it’s a labor of love, for sure. It’s wild how these aircraft didn’t see action in WWII, but now they get a second chance to shine. I actually saw something similar on one of my business class trips, where I had time to watch a documentary on WWII planes check out https://travelbusinessclass.com/ for the best deals if you're ever flying. I just had a friend send me this video too.

[Spitfire]

This reminds me of seeing this abandoned C47 on the roadside, we were on the way to Bangkok in 1997 and this is what we saw in the middle of nowhere.

Cheers

Dennis

 

 

[MARU 5137]

Dennis , SUPER duper  photographs.

Thank you.

[Spitfire]

2 hours ago, MARU 5137 said:

Dennis , SUPER duper  photographs.

Thank you.

No problem Maru, as to the Tempest I think it was the same aircraft that featured in a Warplane Workshop that I watched earlier on in the year, fascinating stuff.

Cheers

Dennis