Hurricane G-HUPW/R4118 first flight tomorrow

[von Perthes]

The first photo is up on the FlyPast forum, see here http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showth ... 274&page=3

Geoff.

[Al Moore]

That's tremendous news. Well done to everyone at Hawker Restorations.

[bdk]

Planes Of Fame in Chino has one the flys.

Bingo! Give the man a seegar!!!!

[von Perthes]

Check out the FlyPast thread in my post above. There are some great photos on there now from today.

Wont be long before there are more Hurricanes than Mustangs

Geoff.

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[TimAPNY]

Some one did get to it first AE977 is the Chino Bird.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/hurrireg ... ae977.html

[Mike]

Some one did get to it first

[norman malayney]

Dear Mike,

I read the information you provided on the Hurricane. The construction number listed is NOT VALID. CCF-41H-8020 is a part number, not a construction number. I suspect the aircraft has a bogus identity and history, like most of the current Hurricanes in the UK and USA, that were obtained from Canada.

Yours very truly,
Norman Malayney

[Mike]

I suspect the aircraft has a bogus identity and history, like most of the current Hurricanes in the UK and USA, that were obtained from Canada.

So is there a definitive list of the correct identities of ex-Canadian Hurricanes?

[airnutz]

Speaking of Hurricanes, is Frank Kearney of Thunder Bay, Ontario
still alive? Part of his shop was a Hurricane shipping crate, back in
the day....

[norman malayney]

Dear Mike,

There exist a listing that correlates RCAF HURRICANE serial numbers with construction number (C/N). Problems have arisen when an owner has no idea what the identity of his airframe is, and so he either makes up an identity or he purchases an original Hurricane construction number plate and attaches this to his airframe.

To learn about the HURRICANE identity debacle, go to:

http://www.cahs.com/
Then enter Discussion Forum on the horizantal blue line,
Then enter OPEN DISCUSSION
Then go to page four and look for HELP WITH RCAF HURRICANE 5711

This will introduce you to the problem of attempting to correct misinformation already in the public domain relating to incorrect Hurricane identities. This brief saga is only the tip of the iceberg of Hurricanes obtained from Canadian sources.

I am planning to publish an article on the Hurricane identity debacle.

Yours very truly,
Norman Malayney

[Jeff Funk]

I received Lone Star's Winter Newsletter today. Their Hurricane is still in restoration at Fort Collins, CO. Since they quote (partial) "it is starting to look like an aircraft", it'll probably be a while before it is in the air.