Фотографии
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HMS Hermes with Scimitars, Sea Vixens and Gannets on deck. A planeguard helicopter tags along astern.
Самолёты на фотографии: De Havilland Sea Vixen / D.H.110 - Великобритания - 1951Fairey Gannet - Великобритания - 1949Supermarine Scimitar - Великобритания - 1956
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The photograph is captioned "16384 Kenley RAF Aerodrome - Judges Ltd" and shows a Bulldog of No.17 Squadron. Someone is standing in front of the fuselage serial and for some reason the number is not repeated on the rudder. Judges Postcards Ltd were at Hastings before the war. Are they still in business and did the firm have a collection of aviation photographs in their files? Where are they now?
A friend of Jack's gave him a similar photo to the Judge's postcard who believed it was taken in the summer of 1936. There are others in the series which our readers have found, including 'Syrinx' at Croydon so their photographers obviously got around. The card numbers 16335, 16337 and 16339 suggest the firm had a large stock, presumably of all types of subject.Самолёты на фотографии: Bristol Bulldog - Великобритания - 1927
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Регистрационный номер: KZ232 A two-seat Hurricane with open cockpits. It later had a canopy fitted for the rear cockpit. Given the serial 2-31, it was previously KZ232. Just what the purpose of a front open cockpit was on an aircraft intended to train fighter pilots remains obscure. Sixteen unarmed single-seaters were also shipped to Iran.
Only one was supplied to Iran for use in pilot conversion and as this normally only required circuits and bumps, the hood would normally have been open in any case so why waste money on one? The instructor, presumably because he had to crane his neck to see what the pupil was up to, merited a hood as he was probably spending a lot more time in the air! Even in Russia, they flew two-seat Hurricanes without any hoods at all...Самолёты на фотографии: Hawker Hurricane Trainer - Великобритания - 1946
