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HAWKER SEA FURY FB-11
N71GB     s/n 37525
Equipped with rear jump seat
3rd Fastest Qualifier Sea Fury - Reno 2000
Owner will consider trade for nice T-6!
$725,000

Combining the best of British post war fighter design with American radial engine technology, this Sea Fury is a show-stopper with amazing performance. Aircraft completed a ground-up restoration by George Baker – American Aero Services, as his personal aircraft.

Airframe:    3675 Hrs TTSNEW
365 Hrs since conversion and overhaul

Engine:         Curtiss Wright R-3350-26WD, 112 Hrs since major overhaul by Aircraft Cylinder and Turbine, Engine installed after Reno 2000, new cylinders installed at overhaul

Prop:             Hamilton Standard 24E60/6501A-0 blades, 150 Hrs since overhaul
                        AD 81-13-06 due 2012

Exterior:      Overall Light Gray with Red spinner, Royal Australian Navy scheme

Interior:       Redone Light Gray, all instruments overhauled, cockpit updated to modern configuration. 
  Recent canopy glass.   Jump seat in rear with extended canopy.

AVIONICS:
Garmin 430 GPS/COM
Garmin SL-30 #2 COMM
NSD-360 Slaved HSI
Garmin GMA-340 Audio Panel
Garmin GTX 327 Transponder
S-TEC 60-1 Autopilot
Encoder
Glideslope
Intercom 

EQUIPMENT:
Split nose bowl
Front bank, rear bank and return oil pressure gauges
Dual inverters Dual oil temperature gauges engine inlet and engine outlet
Torque meter
Induction temperature gauge
24 Circuit Annunciator panel with heads up caution light
Sanders smoke generators
Custom Race Trailer
Some spares and support equipment

PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS:
Wingspan                      38 feet                           Powerplant                    Wright 3350, 2500 hp
Length                           35 feet                           Max Speed                   430 mph
Height                           15 feet                           Service Ceiling              35K feet
Empty Weight                9,000 lbs.                      Range                            600 nm
Max Weight                  12,500 lbs.                    Range w/ tanks             1100 nm

AIRFRAME – items part of restoration:
NEW center section
NEW wings
NEW fairings
NEW landing gear and parking brakes
NEW F-102 wheels and brakes; bearings and seals
NEW gear doors
NEW flaps
NEW antennas
NEW fuel cell (Ballistic nylon) 155 gal. with fuel gauge
NEW glass – 1½” windshield (bird-proof)
NEW gill doors (extended) gill door flow modification
NEW (2) taxi lights in wheel wells; (2) landing lights installed in wings (retractable)
NEW wings and tail strobes (3)
NEW power supplies – remote – (3) each
NEW pitot stainless mast
NEW heated pitot head
NEW retract wing fold and wing lock cylinders with proximity switches (4 each) and mechanical indicators
NEW re-designed gear-stay swivel links
NEW jump seat
NEW baggage compartment                                                     
Canopy and cockpit access door can be jettisoned
Skyraider cockpit master brake cylinders with back-up system accumulator (2) hydraulic pumps
Nitrogen blow-down system for gear and flaps
NEW bearings all control rods and push-pull tubes
NEW Sanders spinner (stock shape and size with after-body)
NEW gun port fairings (2) with 20mm dummy guns
NEW gun port flush fairings (for racing)
All new wiring marked with stock numbers where applicable
Oxygen system with six bottles (high pressure late model system)
NEW extended canopy for rear-seater
Extra cockpit ventilation
Late-model U.S. fighter stick grip
All hydraulic components re-built and re-fitted for U.S. Parker seals, quads and O-rings
NEW teleflex control cables for throttle-mixture-prop (high temp) gear-flap and fuel selector
Electrical and mechanical gear indicators
(2) 112 U.S. gallon drop tanks
450 gallon fuel capacity
Canopy cover

ENGINE:
NEW stainless steel exhaust system
NEW 32 gallon oil tank
All cylinders and parts were replaced with NEW cylinders, etc., rather than overhauled ones
All engine accessories were overhauled or new
Clean kit system
Water injection system ADI
Manifold pressure controller
All new Aero-quip hoses
Fire shield with fire wall forward
Halon fire system
Dual zero-time oil coolers
Automatic oil doors with manual mode at cockpit
Separate engine oil filter
NEW pre-oil pump
Fire and over-temp sensor system
Electric cockpit – controlled fuel and oil shut-offs                      

MISCELLANEOUS:
Oshkosh and Sun & Fun award winner
Great airshow performer
Raced and won the 1^st Texas Unlimited Bronze; 1^st Denver Unlimited Silver; 1^st Reno Unlimited Bronze
Annual Inspection due November 2008
Firewall forward restoration in 2004 by Nelson Ezell (new oil tank, oil cooler, hoses, etc.)
Original restoration was done by George Baker as his personal aircraft.
Storage locker behind jump seat (enough for two people for a week)
New instrument panel installed winter 2005

Operational Notes:
Take off power            48"-2900
Max Cont                   48"-2800 30 min.
Climb                           40"-2400 185 220
Cruise                          26"-17-1800
Min power diving        21"-2150 rich 

VNE 425 kn (380 with drop tanks)
V Canpy Op 260
V Lge 185 kn
VFE 185 max lift 140 full down
Downwind 150 kn
Base 120 kn
Final 110>110
Loop 270+
Barrell roll 250

Fill main tank first, then outer wings (38 gallons), LE
Uses 23 gallons from warm up to take off
Prime while cranking
30'/2000 85/90 GPH
Use only max lift, flaps for landing
Cruise plug burn out every 2 hours-2100/90 PSI/Rich/for 2 mins.
Blower shift 20'-1600
To check hydraulic fluid-flaps up, wings down
Elevator trim to T.O.-1 unit back
Rudder trim-O-R

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SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION UPON INSPECTION