Author Topic: Anyone want their own Hawker Hurricane?  (Read 4154 times)

Re: Anyone want their own Hawker Hurricane?
« Reply #25 on: 22 September, 2017, 09:41:12 am »
I do love the Mosquito, it's one of my favorite planes. I'm not so sure I'd want to fly in one now I know that they've got some very hairy characteristics on one engine. I'm sure if you offered me one I'd go for it though :)

You wan't a Hornet you do. Like a Mossie but smaller and faster and it flew just fine on a single engine whilst being very aerobatic when both engines were operational.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Anyone want their own Hawker Hurricane?
« Reply #26 on: 22 September, 2017, 05:11:15 pm »
That could be tricky:

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No complete examples of the Hornet remain in existence today..

..Through 1956 and 1957, the majority of the retired Hornets were scrapped, having deteriorated badly due to the weather during storage.

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We ran our survey over the last few days, concerning the aircraft that is presently extinct as a flying species, that readers would most like to see return to the skies. It seems that de Havilland's magnificent, elegant, and quicksilver-fast Hornet is what more people are yearning to see than any other type! Well that wish is going to come true

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Re: Anyone want their own Hawker Hurricane?
« Reply #27 on: 25 September, 2017, 06:16:04 pm »
I do love the Mosquito, it's one of my favorite planes. I'm not so sure I'd want to fly in one now I know that they've got some very hairy characteristics on one engine. I'm sure if you offered me one I'd go for it though :)

You wan't a Hornet you do. Like a Mossie but smaller and faster and it flew just fine on a single engine whilst being very aerobatic when both engines were operational.

Yes. Yes I do want one. Damnit! :)
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