Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Cap Blanc-Nez - North France - September 2017 Cap Blanc-Nez is a cape on the Côte d'Opale, in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. The cliffs of chalk are very similar to the white cliffs of Dover at the other side of the Channel in England. Map Link : **LINK** PSS Hurricane. 1.20m-- weight 895g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I'm hoping to get across the channel this year for some PSS action with those guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Nice, can I come along?Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 15/03/2018 17:54:31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Hahnweide Flugplatz - Germany - 2016 OTT16 Hahnweide Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen 2016 Walkaround the Aircraft AG244 Guide book to surviving Hurricanes **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Malta - Mediterranean At 18.00 on the 22nd of September 2005, the peace of Malta's Grand Harbour was shattered by the roar of two 60 year old Rolls Royce Merlins. Hawker Hurricane Z5140/G-HURI and Supermarine Spitfire BM587/G-MKVB had left their home base at Duxford in the UK eight days earlier to take part in the Malta international Airshow. This was the first time that either type of aircraft had been seen over Malta since the early 1950s. As they swept over the honey coloured buildings of Valletta and the Three Cities, 300 war veterans and some of the older Maltese spectators watched and remembered the days when these fragile machines were a daily sight in the skies over the Island Fortress of Malta. Map Link : **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Shuttleworth Collection Bedfordshire - UK RAF pilot Dave Harvey talks about the significance of the Hurricane in the Battle of Britain, as he stands with the sole surviving Battle of Britain Hurricane, Hawker Hurricane Mk1 R4118, now owned by Hurricane Heritage. Map Link : https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Old+Warden+Aerodrome/@52.0861447,-0.3218822,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4877cbc754fb9fe1:0x7aad64b4f0fd06ef!8m2!3d52.0861414!4d-0.3196935?hl=en Said to be the most historic fighter aircraft to have survived the war, Hawker Hurricane Mk1 R4118 was delivered new to 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron at Drem on 17 August 1940. During the Battle of Britain it flew 49 sorties from Croydon and shot down five enemy aircraft. After being battle damaged on 22 October 1940, the aircraft was rebuilt and taken on charge by 111 Squadron at Dyce on 18 January 1941. There it was flown on patrol over the North Sea and was again in combat. Over the following two years it was used primarily as a training aircraft with 59 and 56 OTUs, and was rebuilt a further three times following major accidents, including hitting a lorry on the runway and being stuffed into a snowbank! In December 1943, R4118 was crated at Cardiff and shipped to India as a training aircraft. However it was never needed and remained in its packing case in Bombay until 1947 when it was struck off charge and donated to a university for engineering instruction. The fuselage was stood outside in a compound with the propeller, wings and tailplane laid on the ground. There it remained, exposed to the elements and ignored by the world, until 1996, when retired businessman and restoration enthusiast Peter Vacher began his remarkable quest to bring R4118 home. Web link : http://www.hurricaneheritage.com/about/ Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 18/03/2018 12:25:43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Could have done without the music on the Malta clip though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 I agree Adrian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 HobbyKing Daily - HK Hawker Hurricane Spare Parts Below a member of Hale Hall Flyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Netflix online programme service Called : Plane Resurrection Hawker Hurricane the programme started on Monday 13 February on Freesat 156, Sky 534 and Virgin Media 276. While the legendary Supermarine Spitfire has become synonymous with the Battle of Britain, it’s often argued that the true hero of the hour was that other interceptor fielded by Fighter Command, the less glamorous yet more numerous Hawker Hurricane. Though overshadowed, this robust if ageing warbird accounted for a higher percentage of enemy intruders. Now, though, only around a dozen Hurricanes remain capable of flight. Follow the fascinating story of one of these, a Mk1 that was rediscovered as a wreck in India, brought back to England and painstakingly restored to life. Of all the Hurricanes that saw service during those fateful summer months in 1940, R4118 is said to be the only one still airworthy today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Longbridge West Midlands UK. The Austin Motor Company at Longbridge manufactured aircraft for the First and Second World Wars. This video shows the production of the Hurricane in 1942 and flight testing from its own airfield. Map link **LINK** Cofton Park Airfield - lift ramp from Longbridge factory to airfield. Austin Memories web site with more aircraft details - Link **LINK** Some Hurricanes made by Austin at the Elmdon Airfield which is now Birmingham Airport - Map here - Link **LINK** Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 21/03/2018 08:08:07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Filmed and edited by Jon Higgins, Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd - - for the Polish Embassy UK Repainting of Hawker Hurricane G-HURI 5711 to P3700 reasons below To mark the Polish contribution to the Battle of Britain, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London has launched the 'BOBpoles' project. Link: **LINK** It features the Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft in historic Polish Air Force paint schemes. As part of the project, the Polish Embassy co-financed the repainting of an historic Hawker Hurricane in the legendary No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron paint scheme. It bears the number RF-E P3700, which is the identifier of the plane originally flown, among others, by Kazimierz Wünsche, who was forced to abandon the aircraft on 9th September 1940 after it sustained damage during combat. The Spitfire BM597 is one of the original planes flown by Polish pilots of the No. 315 and No. 317 Fighter Squadrons following the end of the Battle of Britain. Colonel Franciszek Kornicki - the last surviving wartime Polish squadron leader - is one of the pilots who flew this particular Spitfire during World War II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 303 Squadron - RAF Northholt UK Hawker Hurricane in the legendary No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron paint scheme. It bears the number RF-E P3700, which is the identifier of the airplane originally flown, among others, by Kazimierz Wünsche. No. 303 (Polish) Squadron was from 2 August 1940 based at RAF Northolt, and became operational on 31 August. Map Link : **LINK** The video below is a shorter version from a full documentary to show the story : This dramatised documentary recounts how, during the most decisive phase of the Battle of the Britain, a single squadron of 34 Polish fighter pilots wreaked havoc on the Luftwaffe, overturning RAF prejudices and helping change the course of history. From their bitter struggle for acceptance when they first arrived in this country, to the crucial part they played in averting the German invasion, and their ultimate betrayal by the Allies, the unknown story of 303 Squadron is one of most extraordinary episodes of WWII. Based on a diary kept by the pilots of the squadron, it is a story of increasing frustration on the part of the Poles who had already fought the Luftwaffe and now found themselves having to learn English and the RAF way of doing things. Meanwhile, as the Battle of Britain got underway, inexperienced British pilots were paying a heavy cost. Belatedly, the Poles were cleared for active service and had an immediate impact. In their first week they shot down 40 enemy aircraft making them the highest scoring RAF squadron. By the time the Battle of Britain was won, they had claimed 126 enemy planes. But as the war ended, their joy turned to despair as they saw their own country handed to Stalin.This is edited short version of the Documentary. Bloody Foreigners-Untold Battle Of Britain Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 21/03/2018 08:59:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Posted by Mark Kettle 1 on 15/03/2018 17:53:56: Nice, can I come along? Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 15/03/2018 17:54:31 Sure - we should get a few PSSA guys over for a short invasion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 That would be nice Andy. Did you watch / see the Longbridge video above? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Duxford - Cambridgeshire UK. Six Hawker Hurricanes flying formation together - a rare event indeed, seen here at the opening of the Imperial War Museum Duxford, Battle of Britain Airshow 2017. This clip was filmed on the Saturday of the two day show. The aircraft here are:- 1/. Hawker Hurricane Mk XIIa, P3700, G-HURI owned and operated by the Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd. 2/. Hawker Hurricane Mk. II, P3717, G-HITT, owned by Hugh Taylor/Hawker Hurricane Ltd and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection. 3/. Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.Ib, Z7015, G-BKTH, owned and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection. 4/. Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIb, BE505, G-HHII, owned and operated by Peter Teichman/Hangar 11 Collection. 5/. Hawker Hurricane Mk. I, P2902, G-ROBT, owned and operated by Anglia Aircraft Restorations Ltd. 6/. Hawker Hurricane Mk.X, P2921, G-CHTK, owned and operated by Peter Monk/Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. Video credited to Steve Keeler Map Link: **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Shuttleworth Collection - Old Warden - Bedfordshire UK This is a Hawker Sea Hurricane flying at the Shuttleworth collection in 2008. Because it's an evening show, the light is fantastic !! Filmed by Flying Machines TV Map Link : **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Video by Lapis Chicken - what if there was a Red Bull racing Hawker Hurricane with a yellow spinner ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 North Weald - Essex UK Peter Teichman heading out in his magnificant Hurricane IIB "Hurribomber" at North Weald on September 13th 2009 map link : **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Royal Yugoslav Air Force Hawker Hurricane MKI, No: 2337 playing a role in the Italian war movie, "Il pilota ritorna" - A Pilot Returns 1942 A young Italian pilot, a POW in Greece during WWII, falls in love with a doctor's daughter but soon escapes the prison to return home where he learns of Greece's surrender. Initial release: 8 April 1942 (Italy) Film Link : **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Taken in 2014. Hurricane R4118 on a reasonably low pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 That's an epic short video with the sound turned up! Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Cheers Phil, did you view and see the Longbridge video a few pages back? What a great video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Scale Model Traplet TV 2012 - from the UK The Hawker Hurricane in detail in the form of Full Size Focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Poland - Hawker Hurricane Samolot ( polish for airplane ) Map link : **LINK** Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 28/03/2018 00:21:38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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