Argonuat Sea Fury Take Off With Smoke

I gathered this image of the Argonaut Sea Fury take off with smoke at the August 20th, 2011 Santa Rosa Airshow. I just discovered this image and thought you wou...
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I gathered this image of the Argonaut Sea Fury take off with smoke at the August 20th, 2011 Santa Rosa Airshow. I just discovered this image and thought you would enjoy seeing also! More Information: There’s no roadside sign for Sanders Aeronautics in a remote, bucolic town in northern California Gold Rush country. The only hint that you’re in the vicinity is a derelict T-33 parked near Dennis Sanders’ house. Another indication, if you’re lucky, is the sound of a Hawker Sea Fury buzzing the runway of the airfield nearby at 400 mph. In the 1980s, the Sanders name became synonymous with Sea Furys. The family currently flies three, has a fourth awaiting restoration, and has worked on nearly a dozen more, including celebrated race planes such as Furias, Critical Mass, and September Fury. “We didn’t set out to become the Sea Fury guys,” Sanders says. “But you do one, you do two, and then they all seem to flock home.”First among equals is Dreadnought, the brawny Warbird that changed the game when it debuted in 1983 at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Built by Dennis’ father, Dreadnought won a series of showcase races in the mid-1980s and has been a fan favorite ever since. Last year, after a three-decade drought, it returned to the winner’s circle. Like its signature Sea Fury, the Sanders family is still making history.
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