Pete Kynsey had the honor of the first flight in Tempest Mk.II to take to the skies in decades when he flew freshly restored MW763 on October 10, 2023, as Flyer reported. The magnificent warbird graced the air at Sywell Aerodrome in Northhamptonshire, England where the airframe’s extensive rebuild was completed by Anglia Aircraft Restoration Ltd. Vintage Aviation News covered the occasion, being the first time a Tempest, of any mark, had flown in more than half a century. The Sywell Aerodrome Hawker Tempest II is one of a batch transferred to the Indian Air Force in the post-war rebuilding...