Hawker Hurricane Flies Again.

Posted by Mark Jessop | Oct 2, 2016 | Warbirds | 9 |

Today is a very special day in Australian Aviation History. Ross Pay and the team from Vintage Fighter Restorations completed the maiden flight of the Hawker Hurricane after a complete restoration. A massive congratulations to the team. ASO was privileged to be a part of this history but for now all we need to see are the photos.

Team photo

Towing the Hurricane back

Rolling

Nice pass

Flypast

more to come soon. Mark .

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Mark Jessop

Sometimes it can be a visit to see something you forgot you loved as a kid that can rekindle the love of aviation photography and for me it was going to Temora Aviation Museum back in 2008 to see how the CAC Sabre was going in it's rebuild. While I had been taking photos since 1988 at my 1st Airshow it was here that I first saw the CAC Sabre in flight. I knew that from this moment I had been missing the one thing that I loved being around as a kid and that was fast jets. If the Sabre was flying I would do my best to be there to capture every flight and from that years of hard work with maybe why to much passion has put me in a position to showcase the Royal Australian Air Force and it's fast jets to the public. I hope my work helps shows just how awesome aviation is to the next generation as well as capturing current events so that the men and women who serve the Defence Force now have something to look back on when their work is done. -Mark Jessop

9 Comments

Alfred Stolfa on October 2, 2016 at 3:58 pm

Mark,

Is this the Canadian built Mk. XII ?

Alfred
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- Mark Jessop on October 3, 2016 at 11:28 am
  
  Hi Alfred, yes this is the Canadian built MK.XII I have to say it looks like it came straight off the production line.
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Clive Phillips on October 2, 2016 at 4:26 pm

Brilliant photos – thanks for bringing them to us.
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Trevor Millard on October 2, 2016 at 5:06 pm

Great shots, Mark. Congratulations to the people involved in the restoration.
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Peter Ede on October 2, 2016 at 11:47 pm

Please bring it to Port Lincoln 🙂
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justin wyllie on October 3, 2016 at 1:39 pm

i live 80 klms away in singleton. Will it be on public display at all. Not flying????
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- Mark Jessop on October 3, 2016 at 9:37 pm
  
  I’m sorry the place the Hurricane is stored is not a Museum but they are looking at a public open day which we will give you details as soon as we know-Mark
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  - justin wyllie on October 5, 2016 at 8:25 pm
    
    excellent thanks
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John Collier on October 5, 2016 at 1:23 am

What a beautiful looking restoration guys.I hope your MkIX Spitfire MH415 is coming on nicely.Are you aware that she was flown by 129 Sqn commander SqnLdr Gonay,coded DV.G with G in front of roundel both sides of fuselage.If I get back to Oz sometime would love to come see you folks.
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