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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Warplane Art => Topic started by: No.1 on January 16, 2009, 02:49:48 PM

Title: Last Of The Many
Post by: No.1 on January 16, 2009, 02:49:48 PM

Last manufactured Hurricane was used as racer after the war :))

Title: Re: Last Of The Many
Post by: samuraj77 on January 16, 2009, 03:44:39 PM

Looks great any info about the type? :-clap

Title: Re: Last Of The Many
Post by: Profa on January 16, 2009, 08:15:45 PM

It's Hurricane Mk.IIc, PZ865 known as 'The Last of the Many", as flown by Gp. Capt. Peter Townsend in the National Air Race 1951.
He flew it also in the N.A.R a year before, when the A/C was marked by white number '41' in black circle (instead of '99'), painted on the vertical stabiliser.
There's a lot of info on this particular type of Hurri here: http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/Hurricane.html

Title: Re: Last Of The Many
Post by: No.1 on January 16, 2009, 08:45:38 PM

 :-tri :-clap

Title: Re: Last Of The Many
Post by: mfg495 on January 17, 2009, 01:20:58 AM

 :-ok :-ok :-ok

Title: Re: Last Of The Many
Post by: santynus on January 22, 2009, 01:41:34 AM

looking very nice No.1  :-clap :-wave

Title: Re: Last Of The Many
Post by: Letipapa on January 25, 2009, 11:27:06 PM

As soon as I saw this airplane I felt in love with it! :-love :-love :-love
Great choice, great work :-ok :-clap :-clap :-clap
I must make a model, once! :)

Title: Re: Last Of The Many
Post by: samuraj77 on January 26, 2009, 01:09:15 AM

British royal family aide, Capt. Peter Townsend, wearing helmet & goggles while sitting in cockpit of Princess Margaret's plane (a Hurricane), in which he finished 2nd in King's Cup air race.
Location:   Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Date taken:   May 17, 1950
Source LIFE