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25th September 2014 - Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB BE505 of the Hangar 11 Collection performs a flighpast in the capable hands of Tony Ditheridge at the annual Southport Airshow.
This is the only flying example of the 'Hurri-bomber' and is one of only 12 Hurricanes in flyable condition throughout the world.
The history of this aircraft is one which begins at the Canadian Car & Foundry Company factory in 1942 as construction number: CCF/R20023. CCF produced some 1,451 Hurricanes under license in the early years of World War II. On completion this Hurricane joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a home based fighter for the duration of the war. At the end of her military service she was refurbished to 'as new' condition and then sold off to the private sector, as were most surviving RCAF Hurricanes at that time. Many became much needed 'hardware stores' donating their parts to keep the tractors and machinery running on the many enormous farms of the Canadian prairie. Our aircraft was lucky and remained substantially whole, re-discovered by Tony Ditheridge in Canada in the 1990's with most major components intact. Returning to the UK, restoration work began in earnest in 2005 at Hawker Restorations facility in Suffolk. The comprehensive restoration was completed in January 2009 and saw this rare Hurricane rolled out in her fighter-bomber configuration resplendent in the markings of BE505, a Manston based Mk IIB operated by 174 (Mauritius) Squadron in spring, 1942. Her first post-restoration flight took place from North Weald on January 27, 2009.
F-35a Lightning II and P-51 Mustang. 75 yrs. of great aircraft at 'Wings over Wayne' Air Show 2019, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, North Carolina
another United 747 arriving into Cleveland for game 6 of the WORLD SERIES between the Indians and the Cubs....Go Tribe
delivered 8-2-1999 cn....28813
9th March 2012 - Bae Systems Hawk T2 ZK024 from 4sqn at RAF Valley on final approach to perform a touch and go at Bae systems Warton
As far as I'm aware this was the first recorded visit of a fully marked up 4 sqn jet at Warton.