Visit to Udvar Hazy

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Visit to Udvar Hazy

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-Sorry, I will try again later.
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No picture Nigel :dunno:


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A recent visit to the National Air and Space Udvar Hazy Museum with my grandson and daughter. Can anyone identify the plane in the picture - not the big silver Colonial monstrosity but the smaller plane in the foreground?

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Hawker Hurricane by the look of it.
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That's a great photo, Nigel. :)

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Partly hidden by the Nigel MkB, that does look like a Hurricane MkII.

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Certainly looks like a Hurricane to me.
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Millennium Falcon?

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It is indeed a Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC. It was apparently used as a training aircraft according to the museum. More pictures (sans my ugly mug.) from the display, including a picture of the cockpit, here: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-o ... ane-mk-iic Scroll down after looking at the pictures and click the "Long Description" button for a comprehensive article about the Hurricane.

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Great to see a members face Nigel, now don't ask if you look like what I imagined you look like! :wasntme:

Also enjoyed reading up of the museum and photographs.

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