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Fury/WH589
"Furias"

     
     
Serial #: WH589
Construction #:
  41H/636336
Civil Registration:
  CF-CHB
  G-AGHB
  N4434P
  N985HW
   Model(s):
  Fury FB Mk. 11
Name: Furias
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
www.furias.com
History:
Delivered to RAN as WH589
- BOC: March 7, 1952.
- SOC: September 23, 1963.
- Arrived as deck cargo on carrier HMAS Sydney, March 1952.
- Collected from RNAS Sembawang, Singapore.
- Withdrawn from use and delivered from Nowra NAS to Sydney-Bankstown for storage, October 30, 1961.
-- Marked as 115/NW.
Fawcett Aviation, Sydney-Bankstown, NSW, September 23, 1963-1969.
- Open storage, 1963-1969.
- Sold to Lord Trefgarne, London, UK, but not collected November 1963.
Ormond Haydon-Baillie, Vancouver, BC, January 1969-1974.
- Shipped from Sydney to USA on USS Coral Sea, June 1970.
- Registered as CF-CHB.
- Gear collapsed on landing, Reading, PA, June 14, 1971.
- Flew in campflage as RAF WH589/O-HB.
- Shipped from Vancouver to Southend,November 23, 1973.
Ormond Haydon-Baillie, Southend, May 9, 1974-1978.
- Registered as G-AGHB.
Spencer R. Flack, Elstree, 1979.
- Crashed, Osnabruck, West Germany, June 24, 1979.
Angus McVitie, Cranfield, UK, 1980-1983.
- Acquired wreckage.
Craig Charleston, Colchester, UK, 1990.
- Acquired wreckage.
Lyoyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa, CA, October 1983-1999.
- Registered as N4434P.
- Rebuilt as modified racer.
-- Fitted with P&W R-4360 powerplant.
-- Composite rebuild from VX715 & WJ290,
    using parts from WH589.
-- Assumed id WH589.
- Flown as race #15/Furias.
Joe Clancy Aviation, Camarillo, CA, April 24, 1997-2000.
- Registered as N985HW.
Bill Rodgers & Dale V. Stolzer/R&S Aero Displays, Everett-Paine Field, WA, July 19, 2000-2002.
- Flown as race #15/Furias.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
 Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002
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