Vintage Wings of Canada - Hawker Hurricane
Mk IV Bill Maloney 7/29/2009 |
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Hawker Hurricanes at other Aviation Museums in the Northeast |
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Another Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH | A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario |
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Hawker Hurricane Mk II at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada | One More Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada |
Length: 32 feet, 2 inches
Wingspan: 40 feet
Height: 13 feet, 0 inches
Crew: 1
Weight: Empty 5,658 Max Takeoff - 7,200lbs
Max Speed: 340mph at 18,000 feet
Cruise Speed: 238mph
Range: 468 miles
Service Ceiling: 35,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 117 gallons
Powerplant: Rolls Royce Merlin XX V-12 1,260 hp
Armament:
Four Hispano 20mm Cannon
First Flight : November 6, 1935
Cost: $50,000
Here is some Youtube Hawker Hurricane video of this very fighter starting up at the Vintage Wings of Canada Museum. This Hurrcane Youtube video shows the fighter taxiing and doing a flyby at an airshow in Geneseo, NY
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