Series details and parking waypoints given on #01 https://coord.info/GC95A6N
#14 – 1939
The Hurricane
The Hurricane was design by the Hawker Aircraft Ltd which had its main factory at Kingston. Under the code name of F.36/34 it first flew on the 6th November 1935.A single seat fighter with a wing that is described as a low wing cantilever monoplane. Wings were of two spar metal construction with metal skin. The main fuselage frame was constructed of steel and aluminium alloy tubing, formed into an oval shape. This was then covered with metal panels in the forward sections with fabric stretched over the wooden sections at the rear. Landing Gear was the retractable type which was hinged to the front spar and retracted inwards and slightly backwards, the tail wheel was non-retractable. The pilot sat in an enclosed cockpit over the wing. The one Rolls-Royce Merlin XX twelve cylinder Vee liquid cooled engine which was rated at 1,185 bhp driving a three blade constant speed airscrew. Twelve Browning 0.303 in machine guns mounted in the wings.
The first Hurricane produced at Longbridge flew on the 8 October 1940.
This is a short film of Hurricane Production at Longbridge and also shows one being taken up to the airfield by the lift and then taking off.
Question.
The first Hurricane produced at Longbridge flew on the A October BCD0
N52°22.(D)(D-B)(C)
W1°56.(A/D)(C-D)(A/D)