Hurricane for sale>>

Rob,
I’d really like to see your pictures! I’ve often wondered about his collection of airframes: what condition they were in and what happened to them. Especially the Hurricanes.

Dennis

I’ve got photos of the Schneider Hurricanes that I took back around 1990 or so. I believe they were recovered out of Canada and all were basically comprised of only the formed tubing center sections. At the time, the one example now with Cavenaugh was under restoration inside what was previously a 1950’s (Route 66) era gas station. Woodwork to the aft fuselage was being completed at the time.

It was/is a very interesting facility to say the least, and located nowhere near an airport. It’s a lonely little “one-stoplight” town in east Texas named Hawkins. I found the place purely by accident after making a wrong turn traveling down Highway 80. What a suprise to make a turn down this little road and be met head on by a partially disassembled PBY Catalina, TBM, Bolingbroke, UH-1 Huey, seven French Nord trainers, and the hulks of those Hurricanes all shoe-horned into the little grass lot next to that ancient gas station!

I returned about three years later to see what had become of the place, and discovered that Mr. Schneider had erected a full blown aircraft hangar along the south wall of the gas station where those planes had one sat. I snuck inside the unlocked door and was met with the likes of three P-40’s (one of which was lit up in the corner and nearing the end of its restoration), an F9F Panther, the TBM, various military vehicles, a Model T, etc.

As it turns out, Mr. Schneider’s operation was largely centered around performing restoration work for the infamous David Tallichet. At least some of the aforementioned aircraft belonged to Tallichet while the others had been acquired directly by Schneider during various trade deals, etc.

Nowadays, most all of the planes are gone, other than the very surreal display of an F-111(!) which had literally been towed into town by road and parked under a big oak tree by the south wall of the new hangar. The big bomber is privately owned by Schneider and is basically complete minus its engines.

I’ll try to dig up the photos and post them if I can get the time. 🙂

What is the complete story about this person? At one time it was reported that he had five Hurricanes under restoration, but there have been no photo’s of the airframes as far as I know. Where have they all gone or does he still have them?

Cheers

Cees

As well as the one at Cavanaugh, the US Air Force Museum – sorry – National Museum of the United States Air Force Hurricane is also from RRS

Tony Andrews

Just saw on Barnstormers a Hurricane advertised “make offer” with Texas address. What are the details on this?? :rolleyes:

http://www.barnstormers.com/

And if you thought Barnstormers was a TV programme, wrong! :p

Check out the webiste, very interesting, thanks for sharing! 🙂

I wonder if this is one of the Canadian Hurricane airframes believed to be owned by Robert Schneider, Hawkins, Texas. He built up the static example for the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas

Dennis

What is the complete story about this person? At one time it was reported that he had five Hurricanes under restoration, but there have been no photo’s of the airframes as far as I know. Where have they all gone or does he still have them?

Cheers

Cees

I wonder if this is one of the Canadian Hurricane airframes believed to be owned by Robert Schneider, Hawkins, Texas. He built up the static example for the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas

Dennis

Wow…very original, early mk 2

Not sure if this is the same one, but there was one for sale in Suffolk, Virginia. The serial number is ANAE231 and it was retrieved from Russia. I believe it is the fuselage only.

Jerry Yagen has the entire airframe, complete with the original Merlin XX. I’ve been out there and shot pics of it in it’s current partially restored state… when I spoke with the techs who work there, many were spooked by the history of it (this is the one where they found the mummified corpse of Boris Lazarev in the cockpit)

Hurricane IIa Z2768

Just saw on Barnstormers a Hurricane advertised “make offer” with Texas address. What are the details on this?? :rolleyes:

Or could it be this one? The Cavanaugh Flight Museum have a composite example on display in Addison, Texas. This is on loan from RRS Aviation. 🙂

Just saw on Barnstormers a Hurricane advertised “make offer” with Texas address. What are the details on this?? :rolleyes:

Not sure if this is the same one, but there was one for sale in Suffolk, Virginia. The serial number is ANAE231 and it was retrieved from Russia. I believe it is the fuselage only.