Hawker Sea Fury at Airshows Downunder - Shellharbour 2024

Hawker Sea Fury at Airshows Downunder - Shellharbour 2nd and 3rd March, 2024
Paul Bennett's newly purchased Hawker Sea Fury debuted at Shellharbour 2024. The Royal Australian Navy operated Sea Furies from 1948 to 1962, and there are several in museum collections, but this is the first time Australian audiences have seen one fly since 2010.
** CORRECTION: The original engine was a Bristol CENTAURUS (not CENTAUR). Sorry **
Music: Bensound "Going Higher" (Royalty Free Music)
Any other background music that can be heard (such as AC/DC) is playing over the speakers at the airshow.
Read more about this Sea Fury, its purchase and history, here: vintageaviatio...

[@Laywaste]

No mention of this particular airframe’s history as “Sawbones” a Reno racer for many years. But cool to see her flying again. I could be wrong but that spinner is very distinctive.

[@rayjennings4395]

Hi Thomas, Check out the link in the video’s description for an article about the history of this particular aircraft. Cheers, Ray

[@oyb62]

Fantastic aircraft, but I personally think that the original Bristol engine sounds so much better.

[@emanuelmota7217]

That's a beautiful warbird.

[@cabanford]

That's quite the spinner. Happy to see these flying still (with any engine + prop combo) ❤

[@EricLobb-xl9jp]

i remember back in 2002 i was on holiday in lord howe Island and there was a sea fury flying around..dont know why but it was an awesome sight.. to me the loveliest of the prop fighters

[@chazgisby8876]

The Hawker Sea Fury had a 5 bladed propeller not a 4. due to the 4's diameter being too large for carrier work. The Hawker Tempest had the 4 bladed prop.

[@Mikeylikesit1968]

Depends on the engine

[@DavidNeyens]

Thank you! Love how she climbs like a homesick angel.

[@andgate2000]

Please ditch the music a air shows. We wanna hear the planes.

[@FroggyFrog9000]

pity it hasnt got the original bristol centaur engine :(

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

It's a Centaurus not Centaur

[@DeepseaSteve]

Still a shame not to have it

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@DeepseaSteve But IF it takes an American engine to fly it soooo be it !!!

[@DeepseaSteve]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 yeah I get the availability but original is good too

[@julianandyvonne]

What a great aircraft.

[@edutaimentcartoys]

amazing airshow video

[@mickb474]

Beautiful aircraft 👍🏻

[@moondyne2034]

Worried about the commentator (public address) using the word "aircrafts" as the plural. The plural of "aircraft" is "aircraft".

[@neilward9932]

One of my pet hates !

[@michaelgray7847]

What about the Fury 1 powered by the Sabre 7 ?) 3000, plus HP

[@zebop917]

Call me an old fuddy-duddy if you like but I always think that a Sea Fury with a 4-blade prop just looks wrong.

[@usernamesreprise4068]

Same here, I know there is a shortage of available Centaurus engines versus air worthy Airframes but the four bladed prop and American engine replacement just looks and sounds wrong on such a beautiful aircraft ,.... exactly the same as the mk2 Lancaster with four Bristol Hercules engines - just plain wrong . but both pale into insignificance when compared with a Buchon HE 1112 - a BF 109 with a flaming MERLIN !!! and buchon made hundreds of them after the war..............I know in 1969 there werent that many air worthy 109's. but because of that aircraft and that other gem the Casa c2.111 - a merlin engined HE111.....I cringe at watching the Battle of Britain movie.....thank god there were enough Merlins still about .....imagine what an abortion a mk 1 Spitfire would have looked with a DB 601 or a Jumo in it !

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

zebop Well you can be aon old fuddy-duddy but the plane is flying, IF the original over engineered, complicated piece of crap was any good it would still be in the plane ! !

[@zebop917]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 I'm sure its easier to keep an R-2800 running compared to a Centaurus and I agree that its nice to keep flying things actually flyable. I just wonder how hard it would be to fit a 5-blad prop onto an R-2800 and get the looks right.

[@geoffphillips8029]

Sea fury always had 4 bladed prop

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@zebop917 The problem is the USA prop shafts on its engines are not the same as the Brits, who just have to be back assward, Their engines were left hand, American engines turn to the right, so 5 blade won't work plus the Brits engines have a different sized prop shaft and splines. so they have to use the American 4 bladed prop on the American engine !! !

[@andrewganley9016]

The 'original' Fury was the fastest piston engined fighter...ever

[@usernamesreprise4068]

1:20 in, the original engine was a Bristol CentauRUS not a Centaur......go hang your head in shame, lol !! but no seriously I absolutely loved the vid, there's not nearly enough coverage of such a lovely Aircraft, btw a quick rule of thumb to determine which particular engine is in a specific aircraft, although there can be exceptions sometimes, is the Centaurus ALWAYS has a five bladed prop the American Engine is usually a four blader. For my money the centaurus wins hand down for engine sound, the engine note is smoother yet fussier than the American engines and to my mind sounds far more business like with a lovely subdued hum/whistle from its supercharger as it passes overhead. As on this particular example the trainer version with its double length canopy detracts from the aircrafts business like look - take a look at the standard fighter version to see what I mean.

[@rayjennings4395]

Thanks for the extra info. A friend already pointed out my error with the engine name. I didn’t want to delete and repost the video, so I put a Correction in the Description. Cheers, Ray

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

username....you may not like the fact it has a 4 bladed prop and an AMERICAN engine but it is FLYING !!!! Something it cannot do with its original over engined complicated piece of junk engine, if they were any good it would still be in the plane !!!

[@dafyddllewellyn6636]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 You might like to know that the smaller brother of the Bristol Centaurus - the Bristol Herculese - was in routine service up to 1985, in the French Nord Noratlas. So maybe those Bristol sleeve-valve radials were not quite the pieces of junk you call them.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@dafyddllewellyn6636 Over engineered, overly complicated and expensive to overhaul and maintain, like I said IF they were any good they wood still be in the planes !!

[@dafyddllewellyn6636]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 The main reason, I suspect, is that nobody is making 145 octane fuel these days. And learn to spell . . .

[@greensocks4507]

Why oh why do they need to play trashy music at Air shows like this and far too loud ?

[@goffthomas2554]

Exactly!

[@neilward9932]

And commentators continuously spouting away as well !

[@dale3852]

Nice.very lucky 🇬🇧

[@aviation4life640]

The Yak-110 is in Australia now?

[@Mikeylikesit1968]

Nope, just for Airshow

[@tanner6186]

Why do they always play screaming music every time there is an air craft start-up or display. I go to air Shows to see and HEAR the bloody aircraft not ya shit music. Really! I want to hear those iconic big radials and smell their fumes and to be immersed in the aircraft not music. TURN it OFF Please.

[@DonHedeman]

How does the engine cool when so tightly cowled.

[@38mariner]

Dump that annoying background music.

[@flypawels]

👍

[@dotarsojat7725]

Too bad you can’t hear the Fury over the geezer.

[@rolanddunk5054]

The wright engine does not sound as good as the original Centaurus.

[@pervertt]

Piston powered perfection.