96 Year old Gordon Hill Reunited with his Hurricane

[Crimea_River]

Very proud to be part of the organization that helped make this happen.

After 76 years, Second World War fighter pilot reunited with refurbished Hurricane he flew

 

[rochie]

well done Andy

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Great story Andy and except for the black in the roundel, kudos to you and the rest of the restoration team

 

[Airframes]

Great stuff, and well done to all the team.

 

[michael rauls]

That is awesome. Made my day.

 

[Gnomey]

Great story!

 

[Crimea_River]

Great story Andy and except for the black in the roundel, kudos to you and the rest of the restoration team

Totally missed that. One of many errors and most far worse. CBC was urging people to come see the new "Hurricane jet".

 

[DrumBob]

Great story! That man looks incredible for 96. But, where's the prop spinner?

 

[fubar57]

Most/all Canadian built Hurricanes were without spinners. The propellers were different and wouldn't fit in the spinners. Andy can fill in the details better than me

 

[Crimea_River]

Pretty much as Geo said. Most of the Canadian built Hurricanes used Packard Merlin 29's that were splined for Hamilton standard props. The larger H-S dome did not fit into the standard Hurricane spinner. The reason for there not being a modified spinner introduced is not clear to me, though some attempts were made. However, it's clear that performance without the spinner was just fine, so why bother.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Damn! Awesome!

 

[slaterat]

I slipped into the museum last week to see the Hurricane, took some great shots, might have to change my sig. Its fantastic that Gord Hill was there for the presentation. I had the great fortune to meet him at the museum about 10 years ago for one of the fathers day events. It was latter in the afternoon and the crowds had died down and I got the chance to talk to Gord for the better part of an hour. We talked till the museum closed. Just having met him for minutes one could tell he is a fine person and a gentleman. I will always remember his stories of flying Hurricanes, P 40s in Canada and especially flying Spitfires in combat in Europe.

 

[Crimea_River]

Like many of that era he's very modest and polite. Very rare qualities these days sadly.

 

[jetcal1]