The Defence Fair 2005 took place at Tampere, Finland, in autumm 2005. Three veteran pilots, Erkki Pakarinen, Väinö Pokela and Kyösti Karhila, gave short presentations in the Finnish Air Force stand. Also present was Finnish Air Force Museum staff, with their glorious Hurricane Mk. I HC-452.
The Hurricane had been on show at Finnish Aviation Museum and on load at another museum, after it had spent more than a decade in the FAF Museum storage – where it now returned. These photos and video are the last public views of the plane for unknown period.
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/photoreports/mp_messut2005/
HC-452 walkaround:
MPEG, low quality, 62 MB
ftp://ftp.edome.net/media/muut/virtualpilots-mpmessut2005-hurricane_hc-452.vcd.mpg
WMV, good quality, 65 MB
ftp://ftp.edome.net/media/muut/virtualpilots-mpmessut2005-hurricane_hc-452.high.wmv
Photos of the plane:
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/photoreports/mp_messut2005/
A “good” walkaroudn with detail shots will be on the same site sometimes later, when we get a decent system for walkarounds to the site.
Photos of HC-452 at Finnish Aviation Museum at “Victory of the aerial defences 1944” show:
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/photoreports/helsinginpuolustus2004/
Best regards,
Jukka O. Kauppinen
Finland
By: Rlangham - 29th January 2006 at 19:15
Beautiful Hurricane, they look great with the DH prop. I’d love to get the chance to go to Finland to see her one day.
By: Grendel - 29th January 2006 at 17:30
lovely ‘war weary’ finish!
Is it the original or ‘faux-tina’ as we say in car circles?
It the the completely original, untouched paint from the war years.
By: *Zwitter* - 29th January 2006 at 11:24
lovely ‘war weary’ finish!
Is it the original or ‘faux-tina’ as we say in car circles?
By: Rocketeer - 28th January 2006 at 19:29
very nice thanx!
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January 28, 2006 at 5:55 pm