Hurricane crashes at North Weald - Noooooooo!
12 March 2009, 09:07 AM
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Hurricane crashes at North Weald - Noooooooo!
Hopefully not too badly damaged. nose in, just hope no damage to the frame/engine mountings and engine. Pilot OK
It is reported in the Daily Mail not too sure if they made up the part about the pilot crashing whilst swerving to avoid Muslim extremist WW2 anti-war protesters plus a bunch of illegals trying to clean its windscreen.
Only surviving WWII Hurricane crash-lands... six weeks after its £1.5million three-and-a-half year restoration is completed | Mail Online
It is reported in the Daily Mail not too sure if they made up the part about the pilot crashing whilst swerving to avoid Muslim extremist WW2 anti-war protesters plus a bunch of illegals trying to clean its windscreen.
Only surviving WWII Hurricane crash-lands... six weeks after its £1.5million three-and-a-half year restoration is completed | Mail Online
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12 March 2009, 10:31 AM
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We often get WWII aircraft flying over the house here and we're not far from North Weald so I guess that some of them are from the Hanger 11 collection. As soon as I hear the sound of a Merlin or similar I leg it outside to have a look 
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Glad pilot is fine and hope the 'plane will soon be back up again.
I believe the the Sea Fury that inverted at Sywell in 2001, decapitating Illmor Engineering co-founder Paul Morgan, was repaired to airworthy condition and sold to the USA. Perhaps someone can confirm this?
BBC - Northamptonshire News - Engine designer's death an accident
I believe the the Sea Fury that inverted at Sywell in 2001, decapitating Illmor Engineering co-founder Paul Morgan, was repaired to airworthy condition and sold to the USA. Perhaps someone can confirm this?
BBC - Northamptonshire News - Engine designer's death an accident
12 March 2009, 12:01 PM
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All things being equal,and from the description of the "bunny hopping" after touchdown, it could easily be that he applied the handbrake rather then checking it was off in the downwind pre landing checks.
Certainly will need a new propeller at least, but the crankshaft will also need a stress check which will also be an expensive performance.
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Certainly will need a new propeller at least, but the crankshaft will also need a stress check which will also be an expensive performance.
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Love seeing the old WW2 planes flying overhead. Quite lucky in Lincolnshire, get to see them more than most. I can only imagine the sight and noise of a group of them flying overhead. 
12 March 2009, 12:25 PM
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Parts are rare as hens teeth and have to be made from scratch in a lot of cases, not the same spares avaliable as for spits, etc.
More like finding parts for a Vulcan, would you care to donate?
Parts are rare as hens teeth and have to be made from scratch in a lot of cases, not the same spares avaliable as for spits, etc.
More like finding parts for a Vulcan, would you care to donate?
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12 March 2009, 12:31 PM
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I'm keeping an ear to the ground here now it's spring and the vintage a/c are coming out of the sheds/covers...should be a DC3 going up soon plus a Hurricane and a couple of old russian war birds.....but the best is when the Shackleton goes up, that's something special
I don't actually mean Shackleton, what's that old old WWI BIG bi-plane called?
I don't actually mean Shackleton, what's that old old WWI BIG bi-plane called?
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12 March 2009, 01:41 PM
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Some of you will love this!
YouTube - Spitfire Versus MX2
and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK6uNQoBAGY
And this has the Spitfire and Hurricane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xR9...ext=1&index=13
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12 March 2009, 05:42 PM
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Bit of nostalgia for you
YouTube - Hawker Hurricane II
I was lucky enough to sit in a Hurricane, a MK1 at Duxford. It was in one of the maintenance hangars on an annual inspection. i was taking a few photos and the hangar was pretty empty, one old chap working on the Hurri asked if i would like to get a little closer to photograph it - he was kind enough to show me around it and let me sit in it and take me through the cockpit/instruments - that was a good day.
oh and a bit more modern, Me getting instructed on the start up sequence for an A10 and firing the beast up! another good day out back in 1992
YouTube - Hawker Hurricane II
I was lucky enough to sit in a Hurricane, a MK1 at Duxford. It was in one of the maintenance hangars on an annual inspection. i was taking a few photos and the hangar was pretty empty, one old chap working on the Hurri asked if i would like to get a little closer to photograph it - he was kind enough to show me around it and let me sit in it and take me through the cockpit/instruments - that was a good day.
oh and a bit more modern, Me getting instructed on the start up sequence for an A10 and firing the beast up! another good day out back in 1992
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12 March 2009, 06:15 PM
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On second thoughts, I think I was unfair to infer that he might have mistakenly applied the handbrake accidentally during the downwind checks. It is possible that there was a fault in the braking system which meant that the brakes were applied with the handbrake lever off. I don't know if there is hydraulic pressure available from an engine drive pump for the braking system, it will have hydraulic pressure for the undercarriage of course.
That same fault happened to me on a Vulcan once when we were doing circuits and landings one night. There was some residual pressure applied to the left hand brakes and while we were doing the roller landings the left brakes were getting white hot. Eventually all 8 tyres burst on the left wheels which meant we came to a bit of a sideways stop luckily still on the runway. They later found a bit of swarf in the hydraulic fluid under a valve in the braking system which allowed some pressure to the left hand wheel brakes. Only the air traffic controller could see the glowing brakes and he was just about to mention it as the tyres burst.
Its possible that after a complete rebuild that some foreign material might have got into the Hurricane's brake system.
Les
That same fault happened to me on a Vulcan once when we were doing circuits and landings one night. There was some residual pressure applied to the left hand brakes and while we were doing the roller landings the left brakes were getting white hot. Eventually all 8 tyres burst on the left wheels which meant we came to a bit of a sideways stop luckily still on the runway. They later found a bit of swarf in the hydraulic fluid under a valve in the braking system which allowed some pressure to the left hand wheel brakes. Only the air traffic controller could see the glowing brakes and he was just about to mention it as the tyres burst.
Its possible that after a complete rebuild that some foreign material might have got into the Hurricane's brake system.
Les
16 March 2009, 07:03 PM
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The Shuttleworth's example is in fact a sea Hurricane, and again is the only airworthy example of that type.
The Hurri bomber belongs to Hanger 11 at North Weald, see here:
Hangar 11 Collection of Legendary World War II Combat Aircraft. Spitfire, Mustang, Kittyhawk, Hurricane.
17 March 2009, 02:13 AM
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He was involved in Operation "Grapple" when Shackletons of Nos. 204 and 206 Squadrons and Canberras of Nos. 76 and 100 Squadrons took off from Christmas Island on weather reconnaissance and sampling sorties. The Shackletons were also used to search the danger area to ensure that it was free of shipping before the "Bomb" was dropped.
Luckily I was born a few years before he went so I don't glow in the dark.
17 March 2009, 04:04 AM
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Bit of nostalgia for you
YouTube - Hawker Hurricane II
I was lucky enough to sit in a Hurricane, a MK1 at Duxford. It was in one of the maintenance hangars on an annual inspection. i was taking a few photos and the hangar was pretty empty, one old chap working on the Hurri asked if i would like to get a little closer to photograph it - he was kind enough to show me around it and let me sit in it and take me through the cockpit/instruments - that was a good day.
oh and a bit more modern, Me getting instructed on the start up sequence for an A10 and firing the beast up! another good day out back in 1992
YouTube - Hawker Hurricane II
I was lucky enough to sit in a Hurricane, a MK1 at Duxford. It was in one of the maintenance hangars on an annual inspection. i was taking a few photos and the hangar was pretty empty, one old chap working on the Hurri asked if i would like to get a little closer to photograph it - he was kind enough to show me around it and let me sit in it and take me through the cockpit/instruments - that was a good day.
oh and a bit more modern, Me getting instructed on the start up sequence for an A10 and firing the beast up! another good day out back in 1992
Paul: I expected you to be a lot older
17 March 2009, 09:43 AM
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This particular Hurricane is the only airworthy IIB, the last of the so called Hurri bombers. The BBMF have a pair of Hurricance IIC's and there is also a Mark I and Mark XII airworthy in this country.
The Shuttleworth's example is in fact a sea Hurricane, and again is the only airworthy example of that type.
The Hurri bomber belongs to Hanger 11 at North Weald, see here:
Hangar 11 Collection of Legendary World War II Combat Aircraft. Spitfire, Mustang, Kittyhawk, Hurricane.
The Shuttleworth's example is in fact a sea Hurricane, and again is the only airworthy example of that type.
The Hurri bomber belongs to Hanger 11 at North Weald, see here:
Hangar 11 Collection of Legendary World War II Combat Aircraft. Spitfire, Mustang, Kittyhawk, Hurricane.
BE505 XP-L was built in 1942 for the RCAF and never took part in the Battle of Britain.
I cant help thinking, if it bumped its nose during WWII, they'd have just replaced the prop and had it flying again that same day.
Yes, that's correct about the Shuttleworth's being a Sea Hurricane, nevertheless, its still a WWII era Hurricane.
How about this one, R4118 UP-W. In private ownership and available for flypasts and full displays.
49 combat sorties, 5 enemy aircraft shot down, and was itself shot up in the Battle of Britain. This particular Mk1 is said to be the most historic Hurricane to have survived the war.
As I said above, the newspaper got it wrong by saying its the only surviving WWII Hurricane.