Whose Hurricanes are these?
Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:09 pm
Looking at the Hawker Restorations website: http://www.hawker-restorations-ltd.co.uk/index.html and was wondering if anyone knew what the plans were for these 2 aircraft? Who owns them? Where there going?
Love this group. It seems like they've almost singe-handily been responsible for bringing this breed back from extinction. I need to tip my hat to that! Just wish the website was redone. I find it a little confusing with which aircraft are which.
Love this group. It seems like they've almost singe-handily been responsible for bringing this breed back from extinction. I need to tip my hat to that! Just wish the website was redone. I find it a little confusing with which aircraft are which.
Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:20 pm
according to the website the mkIIb is going to the flying heritage collection. It does not say where the mkI is going.
Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:13 pm
No, those "current restoration" pages are years out of date. The one for FHC has been there and flying for a while. The ones in the front page shot might be #7 and #8, or that photo could be way out of date also.
August
August
Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:17 am
Some parts of the website have been updated and the two pictured projects are the privatley owned Mk1's currently being worked on (photo July 2009).k5083 wrote:No, those "current restoration" pages are years out of date. The one for FHC has been there and flying for a while. The ones in the front page shot might be #7 and #8, or that photo could be way out of date also.
August
Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:35 am
I bet average people that discover this site would be more amazed and impressed if they clearly listed all of the aircraft they either worked on or restored. I mean, there up to Hurricane #9??!?!?!!? 
Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:29 pm
Here is a list of all the currently airworthy Hurricanes in the world:
1. LF363 - BBMF, RAF Coningsby, UK.
2. PZ865 - BBMF, RAF Coningsby, UK.
3. G-BKTH - Sea Hurricane - Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, UK.
4. G-HURI - HAC, Duxford UK.
5. G-HUPW/R4118 - Mk 1 - Peter Vacher, Didcot ,UK.
6. ZK-TPK/P3351 - Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, NZ.
7. C-FDNL - (former G-ORGI), Ed Russell, Niagra, Canada.
8. C-FTPM - KZ321 (Mk IV) – Vintage Wings of Canada (Michael Potter), Canada.
9. N943HH/RCAF 5667 - Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
10. N33TF/AE977 - Tom Friedkin, Texas, USA.
11. N54FH - Flying Heritage Collection, Seattle, USA.
12. G-HHII/'BE505' - Hangar 11 Collection, N Weald, Essex, UK.
Six of them (thats half of the total population) were restored by HFL! - one of these, P3351, in collaboration with Air new Zealand.
PS: The aircraft in question being nos. 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 & 12.
1. LF363 - BBMF, RAF Coningsby, UK.
2. PZ865 - BBMF, RAF Coningsby, UK.
3. G-BKTH - Sea Hurricane - Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, UK.
4. G-HURI - HAC, Duxford UK.
5. G-HUPW/R4118 - Mk 1 - Peter Vacher, Didcot ,UK.
6. ZK-TPK/P3351 - Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, NZ.
7. C-FDNL - (former G-ORGI), Ed Russell, Niagra, Canada.
8. C-FTPM - KZ321 (Mk IV) – Vintage Wings of Canada (Michael Potter), Canada.
9. N943HH/RCAF 5667 - Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
10. N33TF/AE977 - Tom Friedkin, Texas, USA.
11. N54FH - Flying Heritage Collection, Seattle, USA.
12. G-HHII/'BE505' - Hangar 11 Collection, N Weald, Essex, UK.
Six of them (thats half of the total population) were restored by HFL! - one of these, P3351, in collaboration with Air new Zealand.
PS: The aircraft in question being nos. 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 & 12.