Flying Heritage Collection Review (long)

wendovertom · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:00 am

The Jumos will have new turbine hubs (and more i'm sure) - Air & Space did a three or four pager on the FHC recently.

It seems like there are EXTREMELY deep pockets there (obviously) and these birds are being taken care of like none other. Seems like they selected three restoration companies and they are the only ones that FHC will work with (the director(?) of the museum owns one of the companies).

I'm jealous that you got to go visit! Guess I'll have to make good use of my time in March up there eh??

Tom P.

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

wendovertom wrote:

Seems like they selected three restoration companies and they are the only ones that FHC will work with (the director(?) of the museum owns one of the companies).

They're using at least 3 shops here in the UK alone.

Manonthefence · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:26 am

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This Spitfire was marketed in mid-1998 as part of a "Battle of Britian Flight" together with Hurricane AE997 and Bf109E-3 Nr1342. The Spitfire and Bf109 were both owned by The Alpine Fighter Collection, and the Hurricane by Hawker Restorations (Sir Tim Wallis was a partner in the company).
The Hurricane went to Tom Friedkin, and the 109 went to FHC with the Spitfire.

The Hurricane that went to the Friedkins was AE977 I assume you are talking about the same one.

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