"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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Was there ever such a thing as a twinned-Hurricane?


Not to my knowledge but there was a proposal for a
variant with a jettisonable biplane upper wing for ferry
flights and a good deal of experimental work was done
with the type so its not impossible.

Keith

He's not talking about that design is he? Stick to the subject will
you?

The subject is an experimental version of the Hurricane,
an example of other seemingly bizarre variants seems
rather relevant.

There is a reference to a twin Hurricane built from two crashed
aircraft parts with a new wing section and new engines. It was
designated a non-official N2368 and only one was built, used mostly
for testing but initially to meet an RAF specification. Eventually, it
was scrapped.
The information comes from the Feb 1999 issue of IPMS in a 4 page
article by Paul Lloyd. It was for a twin-hurricane model and there is
one historic poor-quality photo of N2368 included.
I have never seen the photo since the magazine was from the UK but
that is where the information comes from. Maybe you can still buy it?
Sounds like Jim's friend is a modeler and gets his WW2 info from those
sources.


That could be so.

Keith




Jim's friend was taken in hook line and sinker on the Twin Hurricane. The
author put in cryptic comments on the sketch pages of the magazine. " 1st of
30, 4th of 12; and Anniversary of the Royal Air Force, 1918, and a small
cartoon flying pig". I wonder how many individuals built the "Twin
Hurricane" and had it built and proudly on display by the 1s April 1999?
Did Jim's friend perhaps build a r/c model based on the plans?

TJ