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Inside the Issues
Issue 15 - Hurricane: Contents
23 March 2012
Two UK fighters have gone from being mere machines to become icons. The first is the Supermarine Spitfire, the second is the subject of the next issue of Aviation Classics... the Hawker Hurricane.
Issue 15 - Hurricane: The pugnacious porpoise
23 March 2012
How do you tell the story of a legend, a national icon and one of the most amazing flying machines ever built in a single page? Well, it’s difficult. Like the Mosquito issue, this introduction has seen a few drafts to get to this stage.
Issue 15 - Hurricane: A Greek in the RAF Eagle Squadron
23 March 2012
As one of the foreign pilots who flew with the RAF before the American squadrons arrived in England, Spiros ‘Steve’ Pisanos of Greece became a double ace and the first American citizen to be naturalised in an overseas ceremony.
Issue 15 - Hurricane: Refining the breed - The Mk.II, IV and V
23 March 2012
Service experience with the Hurricane Mk.I highlighted two operational requirements which would need to be addressed if the fighter was to continue in front line service. The first was for more firepower, the second for greater speed. Hawker began addressing these requirements as early as 1939, developing re-engined and re-armed variants that began entering service towards the end of the Battle of Britain. The increased firepower helped the Hurricane to fill new roles, and was to keep the aircraft on the front line until the end of the Second World War.
Other Inside the Issues
Videos
B-17 Bomber crash, June 13, 2011
15 June 2011
A B-17 bomber crashed in a field southeast of the Aurora Municipal Airport. All seven people aboard escaped unharmed.
Competitions
Win! The Hurricane by Maurice McElroy of Flyinglass
CLOSING DATE: Thursday, 31st May 2012
Through a glass darkly... well, lightly in this case
Maurice McElroy discussed his images of classic aircraft created using the traditional techniques of stained glass in Issue 11 of Aviation Classics. This is an unusual medium for portraying aircraft, unique to this artist as far as we are aware.
Current Issue: The Hawker Hurricane
Two UK fighters have gone from being mere machines to become icons. The first is the Supermarine Spitfire, the second is the subject of the next issue of Aviation Classics... the Hawker Hurricane.
Designed by Sydney Camm, it represented the bridge between biplane and monoplane technology and was originally known as the ’Monoplane Fury’, after the Fury biplane fighter of 1931. The type formed the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, with 18 squadrons in service when the Second World War began in September 1939. Hurricanes saw action over France and the Low Countries before the Battle of Britain began in June 1940, during which they were to shoot down more enemy aircraft than all the other air and ground defences put together. Later, it went on the offensive in Europe – as a night intruder and fighter bomber. Large numbers fought over Malta, the Western Desert, Burma, India and the Far East, excelling as fighters and ground attack aircraft. All over the world the Hurricane earned a reputation for reliability and toughness. This issue tells the story of the Hurricane and its crews from inception to war career.
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• Next issue on sale: 25th May 2012
