Hurricanes and Mosquitos!!!!

Mossie shots?

And the rear fuselage frames and stringers that give it its shape, not to mention the plywood panels in the fuselage underside.

The early wings were fabric covered, but still metal framed.

All Hurricanes are metal aircraft, albeit with a significant amount of wood in the non-structural parts.

Like the fuselage “doghouse” for instance.

Hmm, will have to check that booklet again then!

Agreed on the “significant amount”, though – must have been a lot to make such an impression!

Adrian

I dunno. There was an awful lot more wood in the early Mk1s than later ones. As an ankle biter stood round a hole in a field in 1978 I remember being amazed by all the little pieces of wood coming out, with the little brass pins in it shining like they were new. Turned out that the plane had been refitted with a pair of very early wings – presumably so that a Hurri on active service could have the metal ones while a ropy old one at an OTU had to make do with the old ones with much more wood in.

Adrian

The early wings were fabric covered, but still metal framed.

All Hurricanes are metal aircraft, albeit with a significant amount of wood in the non-structural parts.

Lots of wood in a Mossie, not as much in a Hurricane…. Maybe you should rethink your work experience again….

I dunno. There was an awful lot more wood in the early Mk1s than later ones. As an ankle biter stood round a hole in a field in 1978 I remember being amazed by all the little pieces of wood coming out, with the little brass pins in it shining like they were new. Turned out that the plane had been refitted with a pair of very early wings – presumably so that a Hurri on active service could have the metal ones while a ropy old one at an OTU had to make do with the old ones with much more wood in.

Adrian

I love that photo, takes you back to your childhood dreams “and when we opened the barn door at the abandoned farm we found……….” 😮

Heh. If the Hurri is “wooden”, then so is the Canberra!!

Which is exactly what I was getting at…. 😉

I was about to ask what the story is behind the pic – is it pictured mid-restoration?

nope – that’s N2394 before it received much needed loving care and subsequently was put into a closed building

Martin

I was about to ask what the story is behind the pic – is it pictured mid-restoration?

Lots of wood in a Mossie, not as much in a Hurricane…. Maybe you should rethink your work experience again….

Heh. If the Hurri is “wooden”, then so is the Canberra!!!

That’s a wonderful photo of the Finnish Mk 1, by the way.

Lots of wood in a Mossie, not as much in a Hurricane…. Maybe you should rethink your work experience again….