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    And the local BF109G just got its airworthiness certificate. Not that therewas any doubt it would, but it is nice to hear.

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    The latest off the rebuild line, had it's first flight the other day, been up twice since.
    The first Hurricane to fly in OZ since 1944.......enjoy.
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    Coarse pitch on the prop settings! great to see a Hurri flying again there are so very few of the few left in a flying condition any history on this one muffett

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    Ah, rich guys and their collections. What would we do without them?

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    Thank heaven for rich geezers and their private collections!

    To me, the Hurricane is/was a beautiful aircraft. It's lines have a grace to them. The example above has the early war paint scheme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul S. View Post
    To me, the Hurricane is/was a beautiful aircraft. It's lines have a grace to them. The example above has the early war paint scheme.
    I love the Hurri. There's just something about that humped back and rounded wings. Of course, they were 3-1 in quantity against the Spits in the Battle of Britainicon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Womack View Post
    . . . Of course, they were 3-1 in quantity against the Spits in the Battle of Britainicon.

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    True, but the comparison is much like comparing a gazelle (the Spitfire) to a Highland Stag (the Hurricane) isn't it?

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    Truth be known the Hurri more than held its own against the Germanicon fighters Robert (Bob) Stanford Tuck (Fly For Youtr Life) flew one for a while as a squadron leader with Polish pilots so much did they respect Bob they held a solemn service in the mess one night and presented him with a set of Polish wings a great honour for Bob who was genuinly touched by it all. The Hurri shot down more bombers than the Spitfire as the latter took on the ME-109's whilst the Hurri did the business to the bombers. Sidney Camm did a great job with that plane considering it was a fabric covered fuselage, the elevators were fabric covered for a while but tended to balloon under diving causing stiffening of them so they changed to all metal covered. With battle damage it was a case of if not to serious in nature just put a fabric patch on the hole in the fuselage and dope it over good to go, also fitted with twin 40mm cannons it was nicknamed the flying tin opener in Africa for killing German armour. I think the initial design came from the Gladiator

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    My point exactly. While the Spitfire (my Godfather flew them before moving on to Mosquitos) was fast (faster than the Hurricane at least) and 'sexy' so to speak, the Hurricane was robust and nimble at the same time. It actually held its own against the early model ME109s as well.

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