The approach differed with time: there’s little doubt that the Hind, Audax, Demon etc would (later) all have been regarded as different marks of the Hart, but at that time a change of role called for a change of name, as names were tied to roles.

Could there also have been a touch of sales pitch involved; Hawkers promoting them as a ‘new’ type, without the rigmarole of actually building one?

Looks quite possible.

Yes, …..post 26. Are you sure you are reading the whole thread? 🙂

…and yes I know the name, rank and unit of the pilot who ‘cocked up’ but did not name him for similar reasons to not naming the villain in my first post.

It is called responsible reporting.

Mark

So was there any associated confirmation of the fate of the aircraft?

Possibly off Malta?

The ‘modern fighter jet’ looks quite interesting too:

I believe that Ian Allan is still with us.

BBMF Hurricane by martinperry77, on Flickr

😀

Whilst they are not called that the whole basis of production is replication.

Precisely so; every one after the first one of the batch / mod / mark is a replica, nothing derogatory about it.

I guess you have to be signed up to facebook to view this?

Mark

yes … unless someone does this:

FB Spitfire pics by martinperry77, on Flickr