RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Museum - Hawker Hurricane Mk II
Bill Maloney
3/5/2010

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Hawker Hurricane Mk II Specifications:

Hawker Hurricanes at other Aviation Museums in the Northeast
Hawker Hurricane at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH Canadian Aviation Museum's Hawker Hurricane
Another Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH A Hawker Hurricane Mk IV at the Vintage Wings of Canada Aviation Museum in Gatnineau, Quebec, Canada
Hawker Hurricane Mk II at the RCAF Museum Canadian Aviation Museum's Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario

Length: 32 feet, 3 inches
Wingspan:
40 feet
Height:
13 feet, 1 inches
Crew:
1
Weight:
Empty 5,658 Max Takeoff - 7,200lbs
Max Speed: 340mph at 18,000 feet
Cruise Speed: 238mph
Range: 460 miles
Service Ceiling: 35,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 117 gallons
Powerplant: Rolls Royce Merlin XX V-12 1,185 hp
Armament:
  Twelve .303 Browning maching guns
  Two 250lb underwing bombs
First Flight : November 6, 1935
Cost: $50,000

This particular Hawker Hurricane is a very highly detailed fiberglas replica.

Here is some period Hawker Hurricane Youtube video with some gun camera footage at the end. This more current Youtube Hawker Hurricane video shows a museum Hurricane starting, doing a 6 minute run up, then taking off from a grass strip and doing a low level flyby. One more Hawker Hurricane Youtube video shows a Hurricane taxxiing, taking off and doing flybys at the Geneseo air show in New York state. Notice how quickly the gear comes up.

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