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Mike
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Peter Vacher's lovely Hurricane I R4118 / G-HUPW departed Cambridge Airport for the 10-mile ferry flight to Duxford about half an hour ago.

Tomorrow will be its first public display, in the very capable hands of Pete Kynsey.

This aircraft is a genuine Battle of Britain veteran, having been recovered from outside a technical school in India and restored to fly by Hawker Restorations.

Enjoy....... :)

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Kewwlll Mike..nice photos..wish we could see her here!!!

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Amazing. The planes recovered from India looked pretty rough. How many years did it take to get it flying?
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An absolute beauty. Hopefully I'll get to see her, in person, at Flying Legends in just 2 more months :lol: :D :lol: :D

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absolutly beautiful!!!!!!!!!!! Love to see more Hurry's get in the air. Had a distant relative killed in one in sept 1940.

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Mudge wrote:
An absolute beauty. Hopefully I'll get to see her, in person, at Flying Legends in just 2 more months :lol: :D :lol: :D

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You'll get to see her Mudge, but only on static (unless you're there on the Friday arrivals day)
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Is Peter related to Polly?

I did an oil change on her Piper when she stopped in to Bedford, MA U.S.A. just prior to her finishing the round the world trip.

She did not make it into Old Warden when I was there a few years ago.


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Mike,

Thanks for the pics.


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Is Peter related to Polly?

I did an oil change on her Piper when she stopped in to Bedford, MA U.S.A. just prior to her finishing the round the world trip.

She did not make it into Old Warden when I was there a few years ago.


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Great Pic's !! What is the history of it during the B of B ?
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Mike--

What a gorgeous machine, thanks for sharing those pix. Takes me back 21 years (almost to the day, coincidentally) to an evening at Mt.Hope and the offloading of a pristine dismantled Hurricane from the aft ramp of a CC-130 Hercules--in nearly the same markings as Mr Vacher's bird (UP:A instead of UP:W)...and that shot of her sifting by in a bank against a grey sky: saw that so many times (the codes being YO:A by then). Pleasant memories, even if they're kind of melancholy now!

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If you ever get a chance.............would love to see pics of her on the Grass!!!!!

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As my departed friend Trader Jon would say, "Beau-tee-full". Thanks for posting the pics Mike.
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