For those who had not realized that on Sunday 6th November it’s 70 Years since the Hawker Hurricane took to the skies. The first flight was from the Brooklands aerodrome.
The Brooklands Museum is holding a Hurricane celebration on Sunday 6th in conjuction with the Hurricane Society. All are welcome to this event and more details can be found on:
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com
Please come and support this event and meet some of the people who helped win the Battle of Britain, Hurricane and Brooklands Lecture, Running Merlin Engine.
Look forward to seeing You there!!..
GASYD
By: STORMBIRD262 - 13th December 2006 at 15:11
MORE HURRAA’S PLEASE!
ANYTHING MORE HURRA’S PLEASE!!!:cool: 😀 :p :dev2: :diablo:
By: STORMBIRD262 - 22nd November 2006 at 06:32
Bring it on DUDE!
Carrrn the Aussie’s
give it too em BIG TIME!
By: Rocketeer - 21st November 2006 at 23:37
Indeed, I will be putting out a CD sometime in the hopefully not too distant future to include the many phots of many Hurris in various states of dress and undress….
By: JDK - 21st November 2006 at 23:34
Nice reading, with some excellent photos, though not really detailed enough about the restoration for me. Too many chapters on the Indian red tape, and not enough on the nuts and bolts!
That’s probably the Vacher’s view too…
Get Melvyn Hiscock’s excellent Hurricane book then – if that’s not enough nuts and bolts for you, we are bringing another obsessive detail book out soon: MMP’s Hurricane book .
While the Hurricane hasn’t the coverage of the Spitfire, there are (nevertheless) no end of good books on it.
By: STORMBIRD262 - 21st November 2006 at 14:02
Gotta luv the zombie’s dude’s! IS IT 1984 OR WHAT!
:dev2: Old who care!!! :rolleyes:
GET a life dude’s! :p :p :rolleyes:
Blooody whinging Pom’s! :rolleyes: 😀 :dev2:
Roll on with more Hurra’s if you have em lady’s and gent’s. 😎
Anything Hurra related can go right here on this thread!
Ciao 😉
Psst I have alway’s a bit of a crush, on the hunched back, bow legged, dumpy type girl’s!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀
She’s a very underrated and forgotten warrior!!!!!!!
There simply would not have been any draw to the B of B with out her! 😮
Here’s to you again old girl hurra!! 😉
By: Bluebird Mike - 21st November 2006 at 12:11
This seems a good place to say that I’ve just treated myself to Peter Vacher’s book on R4118 for all of a fiver second hand (much better than paying twenty quid for a book that size!)
Nice reading, with some excellent photos, though not really detailed enough about the restoration for me. Too many chapters on the Indian red tape, and not enough on the nuts and bolts!
Beautiful example of a lovely breed, though.
By: trumper - 21st November 2006 at 11:39
Just a couple more that I’ve recently finished, defintely showing off now.
PaulC
😀 I am beginning to hate you LOL 😀 :diablo: 😀
By: Paul C - 21st November 2006 at 11:31
Just a couple more that I’ve recently finished, defintely showing off now.
PaulC
By: trumper - 21st November 2006 at 11:22
😀 Lovely stuff Paul,envious as ever 😀
By: Paul C - 21st November 2006 at 11:03
I know this is an old thread but it seemed an appropriate place to show this latest commissioned piece, as always comments welcome
PaulC
By: ALBERT ROSS - 21st November 2006 at 10:35
Anyone have any pics of PZ865 in civvie colours as G-AMAU?
By: Rocketeer - 21st November 2006 at 00:08
Rocketeer,she looks fantastic you should be very proud.I have to plead ignorance as to her whereabouts and availability of viewing. 😮
thanx Trumper…the old girl gets the odd outing. She is based down south (if based is the right word!). My hope is to finish the rear fuselage in time for the 75th
By: Rocketeer - 21st November 2006 at 00:04
Zombie thread… this is a year old.
and the hurri is a year older!!….your observant nature old fruit shows why you are a good toggy and i am not! 😀
By: Peter - 20th November 2006 at 23:42
Happy Birthday old girl! If it wasnt for your valiant efforts, I would never have been able to type this!!
Great pics guys!
By: DazDaMan - 20th November 2006 at 22:36
Zombie thread… this is a year old.
Smack it in the head with a blunt object!
(Sorry, have just finished watching Shaun of the Dead! :rolleyes: )
By: trumper - 20th November 2006 at 22:09
Fantastic Phots….heres my baby taken last year. Apparently she does not warrant a mention in the Flypast survivors as she is only 85% original
Rocketeer,she looks fantastic you should be very proud.I have to plead ignorance as to her whereabouts and availability of viewing. 😮
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th November 2006 at 19:08
Happy birthday to the hurricane, ok flypast will barely mention it while devoting whole issues to another british fighter starting with S that has a milestone this year.
But the hurricane is such an amazing aircraft, i have just started reading the book on the recovery of R4118 and it made me think that the prototype hurricane just vanished into history never to be seen again, so you never know it could be in a barn or university somewhere ?
Anyway thanks old girl for been there in our time of greatest need.
curlyboy
By: STORMBIRD262 - 20th November 2006 at 18:05
i can not help it I just luv them Hurra’s
By: GASYD - 6th November 2005 at 21:16
Hawker Hurricane’s 70th Birthday !
Thanks to all for the fantastic images!!..
The event at Brooklands was well supported, Shame about the weather..
Well done to Brooklands and The Hurricane Society..
We had Hurricane Pilots from various theatre’s signing, The Hurricane Soc. AGM, and a lecture by The Brooklands Aviation Curator on “Brooklands and the Hurricane”. Outside was a Merlin 35 that was run 3 times.
Sorry no pictures form Me, did not get a chance to use my camera all day!!
Hopefully some will appear here soon..
Here to the 80th!!..
GASYD
P.S. Thanks Archer, Hope to see You soon… Hope all is well??..
By: DazDaMan - 6th November 2005 at 21:01
Nice one, Robert! That’s a BofB movie Hurricane in there, too. LF363, I think?
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