| 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: | AvalonMap |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YMAV IATA: AVV Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Australian International Airshow 2025 |
| Photo Date: | 23 March 2025 |
| Photo by: | Dave Soderstrom |
| Photo ID: | 794253 |
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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 © Dave Soderstrom, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 30 March 2025, and has since been viewed 53 times. |