New Hurricane Survivor in India

[kalamazookid]

This is fantastic news! Imagine what else remains undiscovered. But maybe even the bigger story here (that I didn't know about) is that the Indian Air Force is restoring alot of their vintage aircraft to fly?!

Already Restored and Flying:
Tigermoth
Harvard

Will be Restored:
Spitfire
Hurricane
Lysander

So which airframes will be restored? Do they have additional copies of these aircraft so if they crash will they still have a static example to retain for display? Exciting for sure.

I believe the IAF Historic Squadron also has an airworthy C-47.

[Jagan]

So it only took just over 11 years to resolve. That's pretty good by Indian standards.

.. the interest waxes and wanes till a point .. but right now I think the IAF ended up with people having the right amount of interest from top down - right from the Chief down.. so it got just a little bit more push. The recent 'repainting' of the birds in the IAF Museum, other acquisitions and then this - are more than just a coincidence..

[k5083]

I'm curious about that Lysander. Is that the one traded for a Liberator from Canada back in the 60s that was rather mistreated by the Indian museum for many years?

August

[ZRX61]

A 53year old Hurricane??? Pretty sure production ended before 1968..