IMG_5915
Hawker Nimrod II K3661 G-BURZ
• Aircraft Type: Hawker Nimrod II
• Operator: Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd.
• Year of Manufacture: 1934
• Powered by: Rolls Royce Kestrel V FP 600 hp
• Colour Scheme: 802 Sdn Fleet Air Arm.
Hawker Aircraft Ltd were famous for producing beautiful aircraft with better performance than their contemporaries. In 1972 the Nimrod was discovered half buried on a scrap dump at Ashford in Kent, more or less complete, but well corroded. Restoration was started in earnest in 1992, with the first challenge being to re-manufacture the spars, which are a complex roll-formed item from high tensile steel strip. Without this extremely difficult part being successfully re-made there was no point in going further forward, as Retrotec (the restoration arm of Aero Vintage and Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd. (HAC) would only restore this aircraft if it could be 100% authentic down to the smallest detail. The fortunate discovery of a large number of drawings in Denmark, eased the way forward after the spars were re- manufactured satisfactorily, and further years of work and research has led to the aircraft towards completion. A Kestrel engine was found in Canada, and rebuilt to the appropriate specification. The Nimrod first flew on 16th November 2006 at Duxford.
This aircraft is very different to the Nimrod I, in that it has swept wings, a tail wheel, a very complex steam condensing cooling system and a gas start system. The engine was more powerful also, a Kestrel V engine being specified.
Read more: www.historicaircraftcollection.ltd.uk
IMG_5915
Hawker Nimrod II K3661 G-BURZ
• Aircraft Type: Hawker Nimrod II
• Operator: Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd.
• Year of Manufacture: 1934
• Powered by: Rolls Royce Kestrel V FP 600 hp
• Colour Scheme: 802 Sdn Fleet Air Arm.
Hawker Aircraft Ltd were famous for producing beautiful aircraft with better performance than their contemporaries. In 1972 the Nimrod was discovered half buried on a scrap dump at Ashford in Kent, more or less complete, but well corroded. Restoration was started in earnest in 1992, with the first challenge being to re-manufacture the spars, which are a complex roll-formed item from high tensile steel strip. Without this extremely difficult part being successfully re-made there was no point in going further forward, as Retrotec (the restoration arm of Aero Vintage and Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd. (HAC) would only restore this aircraft if it could be 100% authentic down to the smallest detail. The fortunate discovery of a large number of drawings in Denmark, eased the way forward after the spars were re- manufactured satisfactorily, and further years of work and research has led to the aircraft towards completion. A Kestrel engine was found in Canada, and rebuilt to the appropriate specification. The Nimrod first flew on 16th November 2006 at Duxford.
This aircraft is very different to the Nimrod I, in that it has swept wings, a tail wheel, a very complex steam condensing cooling system and a gas start system. The engine was more powerful also, a Kestrel V engine being specified.
Read more: www.historicaircraftcollection.ltd.uk