RICHARD PAVER photographed Dave Mackay flying Autokraft Hawker Hurricane G-HURR/ "BE417" on August 26 this year.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

The author flying Hawker Hurricane XII G-HURR / “BE417” en route from Blackbushe to Farnborough on August Bank Holiday Monday this year.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

The author shows off the Hurricane for the camera. The fighter’s paint job has been allowed to wear and weather naturally, giving a close approximation of front-line appearance.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

The author, a former Boscombe Down test pilot and now a Boeing 747 first officer with Virgin Atlantic, carried out the flight test programme G-HURR, leading to the issue of a Permit to Fly during July 1996.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

The Hurricane’s green/grey camouflage shows up perversely well against the golden crop fields of an English late summer.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

The Hurricane parked outside the Air Hanson hangar at Blackbushe, where its test flying programme was carried out.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

The author banks the Hurricane away from the camera aircraft - Harvard G-TVIJ, flown by its owner Rob Davies - at the end of the air-to-air sortie on August 26, 1996. G-HURR is painted in the markings of BE417 AE-K of 402 Sqn.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Former Hawker test pilot Bill Bedford and Brooklands Museum Trust president Sir Peter Masefield reminisce on the wing of G-HURR at Brooklands on November 6 last year, the type’s 60th anniversary.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

The Hurricane's cockpit; the domed-brass landing-lamp switch, one of the “quaint, old-fashioned” features of the cockpit, is just visible under the coaming at the extreme left.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935