Aeroplane Monthly 1985-08
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??? - The first of the many
Точная судьба прототипа Hurricane неизвестна. В начале Второй мировой войны он находился на хранении в Бруклендсе. Считается, что какое-то время на нем летал летчик-испытатель фирмы "Hawker" Т. П. Фитцджеральд, действуя против немецких бомбардировщиков в окрестностях заводского аэродрома (в 1937 году самолет оснастили вооружением).
SETTING THE PACE: A welcome stranger, the new Hawker monoplane fighter, being taken for an early test flight by Flt. Lt. P. W. S. Bulman. Powered with a Merlin, the latest liquid-cooled Vee-twelve Rolls-Royce, it uses almost every modern aid to performance. This Flight photograph indicates how carefully its designer, Mr. S. Camm, and his colleagues have considered aerodynamic cleanliness in order to reap the fullest advantage of the immense power output. Doubtless the Merlin does not "over-rev" in attaining the magic 300 m.p.h. mentioned in Parliament by Sir Philip Sasson.
Two views of the Hurricane prototype's uncovered wings, taken at the Kingston works in 1935.
The prototype in its original form shortly after assembly at Brooklands in the autumn of 1935.
Hawker Hurricane IIC LF363 of the BBMF photographed some years ago by TOM HAMILL of Flight International.
RICHARD WINSLADE’S photograph of the BBMF's Hawker Hurricane IIC PZ865 Last of the Many was taken over Suffolk on May 30, 1982. The pilot of the Hurricane was Flt Lt Paul Rickard.
Classic The Aeroplane photograph of the Hurricane prototype taken in the winter of 1935-36.
The prototype in its original form shortly after assembly at Brooklands in the autumn of 1935.
Every inch of floor space at the Brooklands Hawker factory' was being utilised for Hurricane production at the time of the RAF expansion programme before the war.
The prototype in its original form shortly after assembly at Brooklands in the autumn of 1935.