seafury

www.aeroaces.com/unlimiteds.htm "Mike Carroll was the first to modify a Sea Fury for unlimited class air racing. His striking all-yellow racer with it's flame paint job was always a crowd favorite. In 1966 it took third in its first ever cross-country race, followed by a second place in the 1966 Reno Silver race. In 1967, it got a second in the Palm Springs-Cleveland race, followed by a first in the Illinois to Reno race. Mike Carroll died while testing his P-39 racer "Cobra III", and the Sea Fury was sold to Dr. Sherman Cooper, who renamed it "Miss Merced". The big yellow racer won the 1970 Reno Silver race, AND the 1970 California 1000 mile endurance race at Mojave. This was followed by winning the United States Cup 1000 mile endurance race in San Diego, and an amazing 3rd place in the Gold Cup race at Reno in 1971."

This "flood" of UK aircraft photos is amazing!! It will take quite awhile to view them, and I have questions/requests (I'm sure I 'speak for' many other 'contacts') : Are you planning to make this a 'set', making it easier for viewing? Are all of these photos from one single collection you have received? Details about about who this collection belonged to? I would hope that they were 'a SD local' ... (I'm sending you a Flickr email) Thank-you for posting these! I'll tell others about them, including friends in the UK!

These images were ones in our general aviation collection which we just digitized...it so happens that many of the aircraft are from the UK. I created a new set www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/sets/72157630610709398/ so you can easily view them.

Is this one called a Sea Fury? Good name.