"James Dandy" wrote in message
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| Was there ever such a thing as a twinned-Hurricane?
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| My work nemesis says he bets that none of you guys have ever heard of
| it before.
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| He showed me two grainy photos of this plane and it looks indeed very
| strange.
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| Why would the Tommys want to twin a Hurricane fighter? Billy told me
| about the twin-Mustang but that was after the war.
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| Anyhow, my friendly foe insists that Hawker made the twin from parts
| from two planes with a new wing and numbered it N2368. He says it
| isn't found recorded in any official history because it was built from
| parts from other machines and was abandoned when the Typhoon came
| along.
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| So what did they do with it then? Just scrap it? Why the hell build it
| in the first place?
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| I'm confused. Help me out.
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| James Dandy
Sure I can help you out - which way did you come in ?
But seriously .... I'm not aware of a twin fuselage Hurricane; if anything
a twin Spitfire would have had more development potential.
Hastening to point out that I'm _not_ the ultimate oracle for all things
Hurricane (ignore what my wife says)
I've seen pics of an experimental biplane Hurricane, that discards the top
wing shortly after take off - is that what he's referring to ?
Otherwise, perhaps you could check in your pocket for a warm, yellow
liquid. ;-)
Cheers
Dave Kearton
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