August 4th, 2009
A Mark 1 Hurricane and Sea Hurricane displaying in formation. Not something you see or hear everyday!
The Sea Hurricane is operated by the Shuttleworth Collection and the MK1 Hurricane (R4188) is a Battle of Britain veteran aircraft. More information about R4188 is available from here.
Some interesting information linking these two machines from the web site about the Mk1:
During its lifetime, it was fitted with no fewer than five Rolls-Royce Merlin III engines, and underwent four major rebuilds. It is still powered by a Merlin III (the only other aircraft in the world to retain a Merlin III is the Sea Hurricane at Shuttleworth). It is said to be the most historic fighter aircraft to have survived the war.
During the display you could hear a difference in the two engines although difficult to tell in a blind test. The Sea Hurricane is flown in a very conservative style, no suprise considering the age and rarity (of the two). At a push, the Sea Hurricane has a softer sound.
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Recorded on 2nd August 2009, Old Warden, Beds, UK. This is a quick snap I took of the Mk1 and a photo of the Sea Hurricane from July.
Hawker Hurricane MK1 R4188 at Old Warden
Hawker Sea Hurricane, Old Warden, July 2009
June 28th, 2009
This is one of my favourite recordings. Completely by suprise a formation of Hawker Sea Hurricane, Supermarine Seafire, Grumman F4F Wildcat and a Vought Corsair flew over as a prelude to a naval themed display at Old Warden, 3rd June 2007.
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This recording was taken using minidisc and an AT-822 so dynamics are limited to that hardware, the mp3 version adding a few artifacts.
May 27th, 2009
This is a recording made at Old Warden on 3rd May of their resident Hawker Sea Hurricane.
This is a longer recording than I usually post and has a bit of work applied to it – a windy day. The Hurricane is still filling in for the finale their whilst the spit is undergoing an overhaul (3 or so years now I think).
Recorded using a Rode NT5 into a Fostex FR2-LE with a little work in Audacity with a high pass filter, with some compression in Reaper to keep things level, but not too much.
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See also
March 4th, 2009
A couple of sounds extracts featuring the Merlin engined Hawker Sea Hurricane z7015 (G-BKTH) based at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, UK. Both were recorded from the flight line and were taken on separate occasions.
The Sea Hurricane is a ‘navalised’ version of the standard Hawker Hurricane.
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Hawer Sea Hurricane
