@ Madera Airport, CA
May 2022
Among the warbirds attending the Gathering of Warbirds Reunion at Madera was this Hawker Sea Fury. “924” was built by Hawker-Siddeley Aircraft Ltd. at Langley, England and first flew in 1954, later delivered to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1958 for use as a Luftwaffe target tug until 1970. Frank Sanders of Sanders Aircraft purchased “924” in 1978, raced it in Reno and underwent a 2012 restoration that included the stock Bristol Centaurus engine with the distinctive five-bladed prop.