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TEMPEST/LA607
Hawker Tempest LA607
Serial #: LA607
Construction #: -
Civil Registration:
  N607LA
   Model: Tempest Mk. II
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2003
History:
Hawker Aircraft, UK, September 18, 1943-1948.
- Prototype Mk. II.
College Of Aeronautics, RAF Cranfield, 1948-1966.
Skyfame Museum, Staverton, later Duxford, UK, July 1966-1983.
- Arrived by truck.
- Initially displayed in camoflage scheme as RAF/LA607/DN-J.
- Later displayed as LA607/HF-T.
Kermit A. Weeks/Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, April 14, 1983-2001.
- Registered as N607LA.
- Bought at auction.
- Dismantled and shipped to Florida, March 1984.
- Stored, Tamiami, FL, 1984-1992.
- Damaged by Hurrican Andrew, Aufust 24, 1992.
- Restored for static display as RAF/LA607-H-FT.
Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL, 2001-2008.
- Loaned to EAA Museum, Lakeland, FL, 2002-2008.
-- Displayed.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
 Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group
Research Assistance:
Ian Wilson.
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