3/11/2005

Local News

Day marks Hawker connection

The mighty power plant used in both Hurricanes and Spitfires will be fired up
twice during the day, once
mid-morning and once in the early afternoon.
The museum is inviting people who designed, built, flew or maintained the famous fighter to join in the celebrations.
The Hurricane was the most numerous British fighter used in the Battle of Britain in 1940 and was always recognised by Second World War pilots as a brilliant gun platform.
It was designed by the Hawker chief designer Sydney Camm (later Sir Sydney) at the Hawker works in Kingston and many of the Hurricanes built before 1942 were assembled and first flown at Brooklands.
The museum will be celebrating the anniversary with guided tours of its own Hurricane, which is currently undergoing restoration by a team of volunteers in the museum’s Wellington hangar.
Cars, motorbikes and other vehicles from the period will be on display in the paddock in front of the 1907 clubhouse with period music playing from the speakers.
At 2.30pm, the curator of
aviation Julian Temple will give a presentation on the association between the Hurricane and Brooklands.
Mr Temple would be pleased to hear from anyone involved with the type’s manufacture or development, or who maintained or flew Hurricanes. He can be contacted on 01932 857381

First printed in: Byfleet News and Mail