Finnish War Veteran Accociation is celebrating their 50th anniversary at downtown of Helsinki. Hurricane Mk. I HC-452 can be seen rarery because it’s usually storaged. If you are visiting Helsinki on 18th or 19th August this year then you can see the world’s only (?) Hawker Hurricane with wartime colors on! I’ll only hope they remember to protect the aeroplane against the rain and sun.
Other things to see: Sturmgeschütz III, movies and minelayer at the harbour. By the way, Senaatintori, where the exhibition is taking place, is popular place for turists. I’m predicting many question from the turists about the swastika / hakaristi!
By: Martti Kujansuu - 22nd August 2007 at 20:41
Didn’t see anyone on the elevators and most people were treating it carefully.
There were some people how didn’t know how to respect an old lady…
Wouldnt it be great to have her runnable?
Yeah. Just send an new engine, since the last one was kind of nothing 😀 (The Aviation Museum of Central Finland exchanged something for Merlin XX, the wrong version).
By: Peter - 22nd August 2007 at 14:04
crowd control
Didn’t see anyone on the elevators and most people were treating it carefully. Would like to see her be cosmetically restored,have her landing light replaced and install missinf fairing strips and repair damaged fabric. Wouldnt it be great to have her runnable?
By: Martti Kujansuu - 22nd August 2007 at 13:44
It was a pitty that no security guards were around. One guy even took photographs of his daughters sitting at the elevators!
By: XN923 - 19th August 2007 at 17:34
Yes, of course. They don’t paint it over :rolleyes:
Funny, it was painting it over that protected the original paint on the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s Corsair wasn’t it?
I think they had a bit of a job getting the ‘new’ coat off again though… 😮
Seriously though, what a fantastic thought – the original paint! Long may it adhere.
By: Martti Kujansuu - 19th August 2007 at 16:16
If it’s so original why dismantling it and transporting it. IIRC this is not
the first time the aircraft was taken apart and transported. Evertime
things are removed and put back small damage to the paintwork
is caused.What an unique aircraft.
Cheers
Cees
The aeroplane doen’t have any permanent place at any museum (the same thing applies to about 20 other planes). When transporting only wings and spinner are removed. The Central Museum of Finland is trying to get money for new exhibition gallery but for the time being the plane is used at Finnish Defence Forces’ expos.
Martti
By: Cees Broere - 19th August 2007 at 10:51
If it’s so original why dismantling it and transporting it. IIRC this is not
the first time the aircraft was taken apart and transported. Evertime
things are removed and put back small damage to the paintwork
is caused.
What an unique aircraft.
Cheers
Cees
By: Martti Kujansuu - 19th August 2007 at 08:30
I hope they’re doing something to preserve the original paint?
Yes, of course. They don’t paint it over :rolleyes:
By: DazDaMan - 19th August 2007 at 00:51
Stunning! I love nothing more than seeing a “worn” warbird, rather than these polished Oshkosh jobs! :diablo:
Sadly that’s all too rare these days! I hope they’re doing something to preserve the original paint?
By: Martti Kujansuu - 18th August 2007 at 21:39
By: Martti Kujansuu - 18th August 2007 at 10:21
So the original war paint is on? 😮 😀
That’s correct. The current paint was painted on 1942/1943 including a rudder from different Finnish Hurricane. You could actually see the original British brown under the Finnish green, blue and black scheme.
By: DCK - 18th August 2007 at 09:52
So the original war paint is on? 😮 😀
By: DaveM2 - 18th August 2007 at 08:27
He means ‘original’ as in untouched since it was applied 🙂
Dave
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th August 2007 at 06:59
She does look really good.
But Peter Vachers Hurricane mk1 wears its war time scheme and that one fly’s, and i think Hendons mk1 does as well?
But it is good to see her out maybe they will leave her out now?
curlyboy
By: Martti Kujansuu - 18th August 2007 at 05:56
Hurricane arrived to Helsinki yesterday first time in 64 years!
http://www.sotaveteraaniliitto.fi/50v_valokuvia.php
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August 14, 2007 at 5:23 pm