TEMPESTS TODAY

A total of over 1400 Tempests were built, but today there are only 12 left. The majority of those are ex-Indian (the HA serials). Although no Tempests are airworthy there are a number of restoration projects underway. One of the "Tempest Two Ltd" aircraft at Sandtoft is progressing well, as is Kermit Week's EJ693 with Tony Bianchi at Personal Plane Services (PPS).

Mark Serial no Owner
II LA607 N607LA Kermit Weeks
II MW376 G-BSHW (HA564) Estate of Phillipe Denis
II MW401 G-PEST (HA604) Tempest Two Ltd
II MW404 (HA557) Chris Horsley/Tangmere Flight
II MW741 (status unknown)
II MW758 Chris Horsley/Tangmere Flight
II MW763 G-TEMPT (HA586) Tempest Two Ltd
II MW810 Nelson Ezell
II MW848 IAF Museum, Pallan
II "PR536" (HA457) RAF Museum, Hendon
V EJ693 N7027E Kermit Weeks (under restoration at PPS)
V/TT.5 (?) NV778 RAF Museum store, Cardington

Plus a Tempest V cockpit section at Ludham
Control Tower and Military Museum, Norfolk.


Kermit Weeks' Tempest V EJ693 on rebuild at PPS. A long way before it flies, but its starting to take shape.


Tempest II "PR536", at RAF Museum, Hendon.


Tempest V NV778, at RAF Museum.
Presently being refurbished at Cardington.

Images from (from top):
Nos 1 - 2: © Steve Fletcher (FlyPast Aug 1998)
No 3: © Christer Landberg
No 4: © Peter Cooksley (R/C Scale Aircraft Oct/Nov 1992)
Text source:
FlyPast August 1998.

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