| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-HPB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Fury/Sea Fury |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Fury/Sea Fury |
| Aircraft Version: | Hawker Fury FB11 |
| C/n (msn): | 37525/41H-656823 |
| Display Paint: | Australia - Navy |
| Aircraft Name: | Southern Cross |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | ShellharbourMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSHL IATA: WOL Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Airshows Downunder Shellharbour 2024 |
| Photo Date: | 29 February 2024 |
| Photo by: | Phil Vabre |
| Photo ID: | 667235 |
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Really a Fury, not a Sea Fury, this aircraft was delivered to the Iraq Air Force in November 1953, serial 325. In 1979 the aircraft was recovered and shipped to the USA for restoration. It was rebuilt with a Wright R-3350 for air racing and painted in Royal Australian Navy colours. Registered N30SF on 27 August 1979 but made its first post-restoration flight in 1990. Re-registered N71GB on 13 August 2013. Exported to Australia to join the Paul Bennett Airshows flying circus and re-registered VH-HPB on 13 February 2024. This photo is copyright © Phil Vabre, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 March 2024, and has since been viewed 197 times. |