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Constructed as a Sea Fury T.20. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n VZ350. |
From 1957 to 1959 |
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To Hawker-Siddeley Aircraft Ltd, Langley. |
1959 |
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Converted to a Sea Fury T.20S.
New construction number, ES-8505, assigned to the airframe.
This was a target tug conversion by Hawker. |
From Unknown to 1972 |
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To Deutsche Luftfahrt-Berantungdienst, Cologne with new c/r D-COCO.
The delivery date is provided. |
From 1977 to 1978 |
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To John J. Stokes/Warbirds of the World, San Marcos with new c/r N20SF {1}. |
1978 |
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To William E. Harrison, Tulsa, OK keeping c/r N20SF {1}. |
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Markings Applied: 52
Finished in Royal Navy colours. |
From 12 September 1978 to 17 September 1978 |
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Raced as #3, named Wasa Hooker.
Competed at the National Championship Air Races in the Unlimited class. The primary pilot was Bill Harrison. Qualified in 13th place with an average speed of 354.30 mph. Raced in Heat 1. Finished in 6th place with an average speed of 330.01 mph. |
Circa 12 September 1978 |
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Photographer: Aero Research |
6 October 1978 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Previously registered D-COCO, this Sea Fury was flown as Wasa Hooker at the 1978 Confederate Air Force Airshow at Harlingen, Texas. |
6 October 1978 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Before being rebuilt as Dreadnought, this Sea Fury was flown as Wasa Hooker as seen at the 1978 Confederate Air Force Airshow at Harlingen, Texas. |
December 1978 |
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To Everco Industries/Robert Z. Friedman, IL keeping c/r N20SF {1}. |
16 December 1978 |
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Crashed.
Summarized NTSB narrative from report number CHI79FEE17: There was one fatality. Incident occurred at 11:00 hours. The airframe was destroyed. Incident occurred at the Waukegan Memorial Airport, Waukegan, IL. This was a local flight from Waukegan, IL. Stalled or mushed during the initial climb. A fire broke out after impact. Report remarks include: Pilot lived thru crash, died post crash fire, 10 min response. Foreign eng, opposite torque.
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report. |
16 December 1978 |
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Bradley Haskin comments (1 November 2019): Wasa Hooker, N20SF was a German Navy target tug. VZ350. It was imported through Doug Arnold to John Stokes in Texas. Bill Harrison purchased it and raced it at Reno as #3 (the first Tmk. 20 to ever race) in 1978, as well as flying it at Airsho 78 at Harlingen (which is where the photos of it are from). Harrison sold it to a doctor named Robert Friedman in Illinois in December 1978. Friedman had it less than two weeks when he torque rolled it on takeoff and crashed fatally. The airframe was (for 1978 standards) a total write-off.broken into sevaral twisted pieces.and taken off of the FAA register. |
From 1979 to 1995 |
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To Frank Sanders, Chino, CA.
The wreck was transferred to Frank Sanders. |
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To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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