Royal
Canadian Air Force Hurricane IIB, G-HHII/5403, belonging to the Hangar
11 Collection was moved from Hawker Restorations at Milden, Suffolk, to
North Weald after completion of systems testing. Painted as a 174
Squadron 'Hurribomber' the aircraft will carry a pair of fibreglass and
steel dummy 250 lb bombs. It is planned that it will appear at airshows
during 2009.
Sea Fury News
Sea Fury TMk20 VX281/G-RNHF has arrived at RNAS Yeovilton by road
from North Weald. It is being prepared for the 2009 season which
celebrates the centenary of the founding of the Royal Naval Air Service
and the placing by the Admiralty of the first order for its first
aircraft, His Majesty's Airship One, the Mayfly, on 7 May 1909. Events
include a fly past HMS Illustrious at Greenwich on 7 May, a fly past
over Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, the home of the first Royal Naval Air
Station, on 24 July, Culdrose Air Day on 29 July and another fly past
HMS Illustrious, this time in Liverpool, on 17 October.