Typhoon 1b, RB396, is to be rebuilt to flying condition under the auspices of the Typhoon Preservation Group using components including RB396’s rear fuselage recovered from Holland and many other items from various owners from throughout the UK. An all-important Napier Sabre engine is being provided by Cranfield University.
Hurricane XII, RCAF 5389, is being restored for running and taxying by Historic Aviation Services in Alberta, Canada.
Hurricane I, P3717, nearing completion of its restoration to flight standard at Turweston, has been sold to the Collings Foundation in Massachusetts.
A flight worthy replica Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter, built by the Aircraft Preservation Society of Scotland over the last seventeen years, is nearing completion but needs a new home as the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune is no longer able to accommodate it.
Hawk. The Royal Jordanian Air Force has been operating at least 13 ex-United Arab Emirates Hawk Mk 63s since 2015. At the Aero India show in Bangalore the Surya Kiram aerobatic team, re-formed after six years, flew their ‘debut’ display with six Hawk Mk.132s painted in a red and white sunburst colour scheme. Also at the show was a blue Hawk bearing the legend ‘Hawk i’, the Indian built demonstrator of the advanced Hawk.