W.T. LARKINS MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 1205. Hawker Sea Fury T.Mk.20 (NX20SF c/n ES.9595) "Dreadnaught"
Photographed at Reno, Nevada, USA, 1985, by W.T. Larkins

Hawker Sea Fury T.Mk.20

10/31/2006. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This aircraft was ordered for the Royal Navy, s/n VZ368 on August 21, 1948. Repurchased by Hawker in 1957, it was sold to the Burmese AF, s/n UB-451. In 1979 it was sold to the USA and re-engined with a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engine. In July 1983 it was registered as NX20SF, named Dreadnought and listed as Racer number "8", it made its second maiden flight on August 6, 1983."

Hawker Sea Fury T.Mk.20
September 2006 – Second place – Unlimited Class Gold – 453.559 mph (729.933 kmh). (Ron Dupas Collection)


Created January 24, 2002