SuperAlloys, Brownhills

…. Superalloys was accessible on Sundays from the back – particularly when the canal was frozen over. We tried the gate but were turned away…honest. In there I remember seeing large numbers of box trailers – which may have been radio or radar-related, loads of searchlights, what looked like to me like Lincoln or Lancaster turrets – and the bones of what we thought at the time was a Spitfire fuselage – may be wrong on that.

…Taylors is now a pallett yard – not sure about Superalloys…?

Anyone know any more about these places and their scrapping history ?

Sparky67
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The Superalloys site at Lichfield Road, Brownhills ( that could be seen on the brow of a hill above the A5) has been a vacant site for many years. The offices, smelting works and the large brick chimney were mothballed for many years before demolition. The attached photos show that there are now slim pickings left for the aircraft buff – but as a nature ramble, not too bad!

I believe the following magazines have articles on the Sindlinger Hurricane – Anyone out there have copies of these?

AEROPLANE MONTHLY – 73 Oct – “ The Sindlinger Minature Hurricane”

EAA Sport Aviation
DECEMBER 1972
Hawker “Hurricane”…by Fred G. Sindlinger (page 9)
NOVEMBER 1973
Cross Country By Hurricane ..by Fred G. Sindlinger (page 54)

(Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. (http://www.eaa.org) )

I have seen the aircraft advertised in the past with the registration N33000 c/n HH-1

The latest to be airworthy that I know of is ZK-VYX owned Bob Gibson in New Zealand.

Have a look at http://members.madasafish.com/~d_hodgkinson/hawker-guide.htm for the meagre details I have found so far.