Hawker Hurricane

[Glenn[_2_]]

[P & H Macguire[_2_]]

"Glenn" > wrote in message
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As usual, outstanding and imaginative, Glenn.

As an aside, I wonder how many people know that in that wheel-bay there
lurks (or should do) a starting handle? Some Hurricanes, if not all, had
emergency inertia starters.

Regards

Pat Macguire

[Mike Mackenzie]

Is there some cowl missing from around the radiator?


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[P & H Macguire[_2_]]

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> Is there some cowl missing from around the radiator?
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I think it's the effect of the half-black half-white undersurface colour
scheme used on early hurricanes.

Regards

Pat Macguire

[Mike Mackenzie]

"P & H Macguire" > wrote (in part):

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>"Mike Mackenzie" > wrote in message
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>> Is there some cowl missing from around the radiator?
>
>I think it's the effect of the half-black half-white undersurface colour
>scheme used on early hurricanes.

You're probably right. Magnifying that part several times makes it
clearer, but that bit sticking down at the back looks out of place.

Don't think I've been this close to a Hurricane before <G>

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[Glenn[_2_]]

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> You're probably right. Magnifying that part several times makes it
> clearer, but that bit sticking down at the back looks out of place.

Sometimes it's there, sometimes it isn't :-)

[Peter Twydell]

In message >,
John Smith > writes
>In article >,
> "Glenn" > wrote:
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>> >
>> > You're probably right. Magnifying that part several times makes it
>> > clearer, but that bit sticking down at the back looks out of place.
>
>You mean the Mustang-style radiator ramp?

Not just the Mustang, but every aircraft with radiators - Spitfire, 109,
Typhoon, Mosquito etc. - has radiator flaps to regulate the airflow.
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Ying tong iddle-i po!

[Mike Mackenzie]

"Glenn" > wrote (in part):

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>> You're probably right. Magnifying that part several times makes it
>> clearer, but that bit sticking down at the back looks out of place.
>
>Sometimes it's there, sometimes it isn't :-)
>
That first shot makes it clearer - obviously an airflow regulator.
Thanks Glen

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