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DamienB
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Courtesy danohagan on the Key forum -

Peter Vacher's Hurricane Mk.I, G-HUPW/R4118 is expected to make its first post-restoration flight from Cambridge Airport (UK) tomorrow, 23rd December. No timings known.

Here's hoping it's a big success!

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Great news...another Huri with daylight under her wheels. Godspeed G-HUPW. How many flyable Hurricanes does that make now? I've lost track...

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By my reckoning, that makes 12 (2 in the US, 2 in Canada, I in NZ, and G-HUPW will make 7 in the UK)
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Seems not long ago that the BBMF was the only one in the sky!

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Sounds like enough flyers to either redo "Piece of Cake" correctly with Hurricanes, or do Paul Richey's book "Fighter Pilot" into a movie about the RAF in the Battle of France.

Piece of Cake clearly took from that book so it would be similar.

Hated those Spits standing in for Hurris, and I'm a Spit fanatic. It just didn't look right.

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2 In the US: That would be the ex David Price and what is the other one...My memory is failing, (well I just woke up) does the CWH still have theirs or was that lost in the fire? Is the Lone Star example up yet?

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The ex Price one is now in Canada, with Ed Russell at Chippawa ON near Niagara Falls. N678DP, RCAF 5481. Not sure if she's on the CCAR yet. The other Canadian flyer is Harry Whereatt's C-GGAJ, at Assiniboia SK. Also, the Reynolds-Alberta Museum Hurricane at Wetaskiwin AB is reportedly flyable but neither registered nor flown. CWH's Huri, C-GCWH, RCAF 5377 and formerly G-AWLW (Strathallan) and CF-SMI (Bob Diemert), was sadly lost in the Mt.Hope hangar fire in February 1993. The main gear legs were salvaged and mounted on the GRP Huri replica now on show at CWH.

The two US flyers would then be N943HH, ex N2549 of Neil Rose, with Jerry Yagen (Fighter Factory) at Suffolk VA, and the Waltrip/Lone Star one...? IIRC the Cavanaugh museum also had a Huri but it was static.

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The two US flyers would then be N943HH, ex N2549 of Neil Rose, with Jerry Yagen (Fighter Factory) at Suffolk VA, and the Waltrip/Lone Star one...? IIRC the Cavanaugh museum also had a Huri but it was static.
Uhhhh... You missed one! :wink:
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Uhhhh... You missed one! :wink:
AE977! 8)

Lone Star's (N68RW) hasn't flown yet, AFAIK.
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Planes Of Fame in Chino has one the flys.

Or is that someone elses?

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TimApNy wrote:
Planes Of Fame in Chino has one the flys.


Ahemmm....

Mike wrote:
AE977! 8)


:P

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The one at Chino is Friedkin's right?
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Pat Carry wrote:
The one at Chino is Friedkin's right?


Here is what I have in my notes...

Model: Hawker-CCF Hurricane Mk X
S/N: AE977 RN
C/N: CCF-41H-8020
C/R: NX33TF registered Hurricane Mk X
Owner: Chino Warbirds Inc. / Tom Friedkin
Codes: "LE D"
History: Hurricane Mk I (1941) AE977 RAF, AE977 RN, converted Sea Hurricane Mk X (by 1942/7), badly damaged in mid-air collision at RNAS Yeovilton, recovered and stored (1960), restored (1994-2000), G-TWTD, first post-restoration flight (2000/6/7), N33TF
Notes: This Sea Hurricane is painted as a Hurricane flown by Group Captain Douglas Bader, commander of 242 Squadron in 1940. It actually served with 759 and 760 Squadrons. Source: Fleet Air Arm Museum website

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And number 12 flew this afternoon from Cambridge :D

About 2 hours later than planned (due to the weather), so I missed it :(
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Great news, that if flew.

Stinks that you missed it.

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