A Rare Look Into The Revolutionary WWII Sea Hurricane | Restoration Classics | Spark
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2019
- Between 1936 and 1944, 14,231 Hawker Hurricanes were built of which about 20 remain. This is the story of the restoration of the oldest and rarest, the only surviving Sea Hurricane out of 700 converted during WWII. The film follows the painstaking 9 years, 9 months and 9 days restoration by a volunteer team at the Imperial War Museum to bring the plane back to flight. The story reveals rare WWII archive and interviews with the pilots who flew the RAF’s most prolific fighter in the Battle of Britain.
Produced in association with the Imperial War Museum, this documentary series highlights the history and developments of two great WWII fighters, the Messerschmitt Bf109 and the Sea Hurricane. We meet the pilots who flew them and the restoration teams who bought them back to flight. The series includes rare WWII archive footage, air to air sequences and interviews with pilots, historians and conservationists.
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The Spitfire is gorgeous but the Hurricane touches my soul....
Sometime in the late 1980s I was working in the short order department at Hawker`s Kingston, Ham Common, factory and spotted a pile of rusty tubes with many patches on them on the office floor. My friend Fred Bentley who had an association with Shuttleworth had brought them up for re-manufacturing. Knowing exactly what they were I went straight into the office and told the foreman that I wanted the job of remaking the tubes. He was struck dumb as I apparently seemed the answer to a prayer. I got the job of course and as I was proficient at working the tube rolling machine that helped. I really liked doing those tubes, it wasn`t work it was a pleasure and they were incorporated into the Hurricane we see above.
Good one! Much Kudos!
Well Done.
Congratulations to the restoration crew and all the supporting groups that helped bring life back to this Hurricane. 3 cheers from the USA.
Whenever i see these older craftsman and engineers, I hope that the younger people who worked with them, soaked up as much knowledge as they could. They were as rare as the machines they built and maintained. We lose a lot of experience when they die off. I am glad people have made videos to preserve some of their vast and unique knowledge.
Don't worry there are lots of us engineers in the world who are more than capable... How else do you think modern fighters jets, prop planes, tanks or Aston Martins & Bentleys etc are made?
Great documentary on the painstaking work to restore this ionic plane.
A great memorial to the young men that flew in WWII to defend Britain and her Empire.
LEAST WE FORGET.
God Bless
The people that give so much to essentially "re-create" these WWII classics are amazingly talented. It's so thrilling to see planes like this Sea-Hurricane or a Spitfire or Lancaster actually fly together after so mamy years glued to the ground. Thanks to everyone involved in putting these wonderful winged warriors back in the air. Keep 'em flying fellas!
Wow, that really was a monumental amount of work. Brilliant that they stuck with it all those years. Fairplay to all the people involved, a really great achievement. Great bunch of lads
Ah, The Spanish - a great bunch of lads.
I'm just an agnostic IT Minion this is such inspiring art, the bottomless necessary resources aside, trying to wrap your head around the meticulous precision of the craft and breadth of KSA's required, RESPECT. Thank you and Blessed be the Hearts & Souls of ALL who sacrificed an unquantifiable sum of blood, sweat, tears and years for this successful serviceable restoration, WOW!
Even as a young American kid I thought the hurricane was a sexy and tough looking airplane Great video and Thanks to all you Brits that keep them flying
I wish my father could have seen this, He flew a "normal" Hurricane during the war... GREAT job and Great film
A superlatively lethal and handsome aircraft. Grandpa flew them in the RCAF.
Lest we forget.
Absolutely my favorite WW2 war bird restoration documentary!. Thanks for posting this vid, epic stuff.
Not only is the Hurricane my absolute favourite aeroplane but I love cats too!😄
thank you for this well-researched work. I was born after WW2, but I have often wondered about the use of fighters launched from non-carrier ships. GB was desperate, being under siege, our island was threatened by starvation through German sinking of merchant ships.
the bravery of the pilots involved must never be forgotten.
I knew a Hurricane pilot, Ron Smith (Wiltshire), he told me his plane was excellent. equipped with under-wing slow-firing cannons for ground attack. so, a versatile, tough plane. apart from Nazi fighters, his greatest concern was facing AA fire, from the 4-barrel fast firing Nazi ground weapon the Nazi army had, when coming over a rise.
he went on to fly a P51 North American Mustang, another great aircraft. glad he made it, it was a pleasure to know him.
What a wonderful documentary! Norman on the restoration team is my great uncle, so it’s really lovely to see, thank you for sharing!
A terrific documentary about a fabulous project. Thank you!
Wonderful job getting that bird flying again! Thanks!
Thanks Neville, that answers the question I asked you to ask the guys about the gap between the wing and the wingtip of how they were going to cover or fill it. Lots of information in today's episode. Keep them coming! Please!
Ive actually seen this Sea Hurricane display its absoulutely beautiful to look at and see displaying with that wonderful powerful Mk3 Merlin
The Hurri is my favorite early WW2 Fighter!! Great Post!
What an excellent story on a unique and remarkable aeroplane. thanks for posting
Great video and great restoration. And what a grand facility is Duxford! Thumbs up.
Lovely !
Congratulations
What an absolutely wonderful - mullet.
Beautiful bird, hats off to the restoration crew. 👍
This is beautiful aircraft much history. The right plane at the right time.
I am surprised those CAM Hurricane pilots could get their planes in the air. You would have thought the weight of their massive balls would have forced the Hurricane to ditch immediately. Proper Heroes.
Inspirational to me from the aspect of having a great number of aircraft parts, components, totally in disarray and a virtual Jigsaw Puzzle, and then the gradual, slow progress that was made toward the completion of the project. 3 key issues 1) Money, cash in abundance 2) Professional engineers/mechanics, for hire and well paid 3) Volunteers with aviation expertise. I have a project in which I have None of those factors, and that's why this vid catches my attention.
Best of British engineering at its best
Great job by the restorers👍
39:03 The calendar of a true mechanic
sorry m8 not very PC now days, but it was common hahaha!
What a great job!
Sat in this for a 30th birthday present! Was amazing! I was like a kid in a candy shop.
Lovely memories of Steve McManus with Keith.
Fantastic !
WONDERFUL
Always thought they should have fitted the Malcolm Hood to the Hurricane, I believe they did a couple of trials but never came to anything. The better visibility would have been welcome on carrier operations.
The Hood was fitted to the Mustang and Corsair among others and was well received.
Good vid though. Thanks for posting.
theres no pictures for this hurrincane type. or test.
Biggin hill heritage Hangers Hurricane is a sea hurricane as well
Thank you all for your service an keeping these beautiful lady's in the air as I'm a 1971 kid an the spitfire is the lady who has my heart as her curves are beautiful. Plus massive amounts of respect for R. J. Mitchell for inventing the spitfire an rest in peace sir. To all the brave men an women who built these great lady's no matter of model type in great numbers I have massive respect for your service as I feel you all are the forgotten Hero's. To the Brave men who made these beautiful lady's dance in the air I owe all of you my life as without you I wouldn't be here today. Rest in peace our brave one's an I will fight to keep the peace on earth as many have forgotten the price you paid for our freedoms.
So Toothless, you do know this video is about the Hurricane?
Clearly you may not know the difference between the hurricane and the spit
@@markmitchell450 Clearly you have no life if you need to talk down to another person to make yourself feel better about yourself.... The Hurricane & the Spitfire are Sister's if plane's had family and my comments where to show my love for the Spitfire. Plus to thank all those hard working engineers who keep these beautiful lady's in the air. Plus to all those who gave there life's so we could live.
nice goin that restoration crew, an thanks!
Fantastic
Actually the Admiralty ordered single seat Gloster Sea Gladiators in 1938 and investigated the purchase of Spitfires prewar as well, but the Spitfire would take a considerable redesign to be navalized and it didn't appear until on carriers until 1942. It wasn't until variable pitch/constant speed props became available that either the Sea Hurricane of Seafire couid be viable on a carrier and by the time this tech was available on production aircraft the RAF had priority for production deliveries.
Well done awesome u guys are totally awesome
During the uncertain summer of 1940 the Miles aircraft company built a stop gap fighter which they called the Miles M20 . Fitted with an allround bubble canopy , armament of 8*303 mg's with lots of ammunition , not as fast as a Spitfire but superior to Hurricane plus a maximum endurance of 5 hrs plus , Its rate of climb of 3200 ft/min and attaining 20,000 ft in under 10 minutes , again better then a Hurricane . Powered by the same RR as Spit and Hurricane , its only drawback was a fixed undercarriage. Miles built a naval version with arrester hook and bracket for catapult launching, it could also jettison the undercarriage in the advent of ditching. The morons at the Admiralty turned it down as hundreds of obsolescent Hurricanes were available . In 1941 the admiralty adopted the Grumman Martlet / Wildcat as its carrier fighter , comparison to the M20 , 20 mph slower, took 3 minutes longer to reach 20,000 ft . Also less endurance . One can only think what might have been .
The Martlet / Wildcat was better than the Sea Hurricane, but when the US saw that war was imminent, they diverted Wildcat production to the USN; hence the revival of the Sea Hurricane option.
What a fantastic hours entertainment , Its a shame we cant have this type on the TV,
And to all who made this aircraft fly again, i doft my hat
most exselent!!!!!
I remember being at the Shuttleworth collection many years ago when this aircraft was being checked out before flying after being renovated, the pilot whose name I do not know was grey haired he did all the ground checks and eventually flew it around the circuit landing back afterwords.
.....afterwards
Super zbor cu aceste avioane biplane.
So it first took to the air on 5 separate occasions? Clever. And an oil temperature problem tat was rectified during test flights! That must have been one bold mechanic!
The way those young airman flew them testament to their air training and rugged design bit underpowered they say but tough
Around 20 mph difference in the early years Compared to the spit
COOL.
Damn, I live in Gloucester right next to Staverton. If only I was alive earlier I could have gone and seen it!!
Instead of going to School some days I would go to Staverton Skyfame Museum and end up sitting in the Lancaster Bomber that was there which is now in Lincolnshire and only allowed to taxi up and down the runway , can't remember if there was a Hurricane at Staverton or not ....Happy Days
There is a new museum at Staverton now called The Jet Age Museum. It's not as extensive as the old Skyfame Museum but has a number of interesting early Gloster jets on display.
@@terrystevens5261of course I should have been at Naunton Park school or as we called it the Academy for the thick !
Kudos to any group that finances and restores a warbird as I have great respect for them .... but "revolutionary" is not a word to describe the Hurricane. My father flew Hurricane IIB in Malta, sadly.
cool vid :-)
Who composed the music at 5;09/57;49 and 54 ;45/5749 ?
The Hurricane was the saviour for Battle of Britain but it was the Spitfire who took the glory.
If I remember correctly she had a very small appearance in the 2001 “Pearl Harbor” movie as one of the Hurricanes in Eagle Squadron (though only for a few seconds).
The rarest and only.
Mrs Richards: " I paid for a room with a view!"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?
what is the color of the underneath of the Sea Hurricane. I think a lot of naval aircraft of that time used that color scheme. As a young lad I built model aircraft and used to know the specific name of the color used on the underside but 50 years later its lost in my memory. I would love it if someone knew and made comment what the color was called.
Duck-egg blue, Alan........
@@jonnybee48 Thank you very much (in my best Elvis voice) :)
The hurricane is amazing, I hate going out and seeing kids pointing and saying spitfire, I know they know nothing better but still, its a shame that she's not in more of a limelight.
Haha, that happened during the war. Every flighter was a Spitfire and every German was shot down by a Spitfire LOL!!!
@@MURDOCK1500 because no surviving German wanted to admit it was a hurricane
There is another Hurricane flying with a Mk 3 Merlin... Its a BoB veteran as well and was found in India and brought back to the UK for restoration and is Privately owned...
Next project: Restore mothership to launch the hurricane at sea.
The man from Del Monte.........
Mamă ce super zbor în celulă.
how many kills is it credited with?
Does anyone know what the W/T stands for at 14:50?
a pilot would know
What the. As in, WTF.
@Dan Didnot Wireless Telegraphy. It indicated to the ground crew where the radio was located in the fuselage.
Oh mamă ce formă super aerodinamica.
See it at the Shuttleworth Collection.
Note the calendars in the engine shop 😂😂😂
When Britain really was great.
The last time Britain ventured out alone into the big nasty scary world, she came home with 1/3rd of the World in tow LOL
Very well done. Outstanding!
@soaringtractor fighting a world war alone makes that expectable.
Britain could have lost the world war making it unwinable for the allies while it stood alone, and it didn't let the side down (whilst it represented the entirety of that side).
@@theant9821 BITCH PLEASE Britain was a glorified staging ground for America.
Kursk was a year before D-day. the germans hadnt won a battle for a year when the "allies" decided to attack.
also the british were engaged in combat against the germans for the longest of any allied country, and for some reason have the least aces and smallest production of any country. only place british really mattered was in North Africa and against Italy.
This doc is from 1995 in case anyone was curious how old it is...
Odd how these planes were produced in their thousands put together by mere factory workers in just a matter of a week or two yet it takes a team of engineers years to strip & rebuild one..
Good to see they got the guy from Jurassic park to narrate this one.
Very effective -Not overdone- A suggestion of Jaws overlaid by the Lark Ascending -?
Third like ana 0 dislike!
First comment.
what a strange Hurricane landing on that carrier hehehe
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one! If the plane is still flyable afterwards, that's a bonus. 😊
"Banana" boats were some of the fastest merchant vessels afloat.
Da da. Oau o asemenea decolare eu însumi o văd în premieră.
Great video. Even good enough to make one forget that they Soaringtractor fellow who is obsessed with the British is probably in the comments somewhere.
I find it difficult to accept the positioning of the aircrafy number and Royal Navy-Ive never seen this format on a Fleet Air Arm plane
It might have something to do with Air Show crowds, many of whom wouldn't know it was not in fact a standard Hawker Hurricane nor flown by the RAF unless specifically told .
@@stephenhunter70 I'm sure that it will be announced it was flying
@@markmitchell450 PA systems and airshows, a wonderful combination, yes!
Legit my birth name is "Hector Hind" starting to think someone in my family was a pilot but i don't know anything about my family heritage
There were plans for a Merlin powered plane in the late 1930s that was a kind of spitfire/corsair cross but it was merlin powered and so the RAF went.... ours.... and it was cancelled.
Merlins powered lots of aircraft
Single twin and 4 engined planes
@@markmitchell450 you're making the classic mistake of assuming that everything was the same throughout the war, what you said is true but not in 1938/39/40.
Wonderful to watch the restoration. That test pilot is a total jerk!!!
Why is he a jerk?
Restoration classics as in its a 24 year old documentary.. nice to watch a documentary not full of fake drama like "if we don't finish this plane today the discovery channel will sell the shop " like most stuff made these days.
Restore more WW2 planes
Royal. Navy.
Thank God! 👍Salute to every one busting their backs restoring this wonderful piece of Living History. Another great reminder that Socialisms in all their forms are absolute evil and always end up with horrors and bloodshed. Always remember the Sacrifice the generation of men and women, who flew machines like this, made. God Bless Them All And Their Sacred Memory, and God Bless the Imperial War Museum for helping us never to forget!
If this was done today every shot would be full of blaring techno music.
Probably not
It’s too expensive to visit Duxford.
Shame they even seemed to be doing down the Hurricane in the 90s at Duxford...
Oh zbor în celulă în formă de cruce.
If something is one of a kind, how could it also be rare?
Because there where more then one processed, but I see your point.
It is one of a kind. Due to being The Last....
Because its the last remaining one plus flying
Super acrobatie.
So many ads............why ffs
Imagine if Britain had been beaten at any point in the war, or even If Britain did what the American did and merely decided to sit out of the War?
Hitler would not have opened up the second front and would have then attacked the Soviets with full strength both in the Air and on the ground, meaning Germany would probably have annihilated the USSR as early 1940 the USSR was not prepared.
That would have left Nazi Germany in control of all Europe and all the Soviet Union.
That would have seen the USA completely annihilated.
Yet apparently, the American joined the War to help her ally the UK who was close to defeat, (I always thought they joined the War only after they got attacked at Pearl Harbour), but apparently I'm wrong. No, no really, the American says so.
Only they can't seem to ever remember what battle or where about they saved us? But they did you know. Honestly.
And there was me, always thinking the closest Britain came to defeat was actually Dundalk at the beginning, but nope, not so.
Very true that is.
You are quite on the neutrality act. The whole purpose of it was to make sure that manufactures could not make or sell goods to Nazi Germany or Japan. Whilst the United States was hiding under the fact of neutrality they were gearing up to fight a war. how do you think they built all those airplanes all those tanks and all those weapons they have the Before 1941? It didn’t happen overnight the United States was preparing for war two for five years, even and as far as having Charles Lindbergh serve as a secret spy for the Nazis to get information on their aircraft because they admired him so much they let him walk through their aircraft companies previous to the war. He took that information back to United States government to help them build the B 24 and other bombers and fighters and taught pilots how to get the most out of the aircraft. You don’t know your history
@@ronaldtartaglia4459 Oh, that's absolutely correct, I've no Idea about history, who needs history? When our lives are ahead of us? I wasted three years of my life achieving my degree in Anglo/American history.
Why is it only ever an American who thinks selling weapons and goods at a time of War somehow makes them responsible for winning the War?
Yet that's all you Yanks ever say. It's like you don't understand what trade is?
It seems, just because it was 'Trade at a time of War' the American thinks that to supply the Brits was some big deal, or some heroic thing or something.
It's like you forget Britain had a commonwealth.
I mean what is that rubbish you've just typed, all about?
Read yourself making things up LOL.
Ronald Tartaglia
1 hour ago
''You are quite on the neutrality act. The whole purpose of it was to make sure that manufactures could not make or sell goods to Nazi Germany or Japan.''
RUBBISH!!!!!!
The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I, and sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts.
NOTHING TO DO WITH NOT SUPPLYING GERMANY OR JAPAN.
Japan you actually placed an Oil embargo on, and pretended you didn't expect them to attack you for doing so, whereas if you place an oil embargo on ANYONE or country, you're asking to be attacked, especially in those times.
Read your fantasy that only comes from your own mind (as you try to look for something I've said to disagree with), only you can't, because silly, everything I've said is true, if it were not true, I'd not ever have said it, as unlike you people, it's not a matter of lying, it should always only be about the truth.
Trying to suggest the USA was preparing for War!
That's an outright damn lie!
And you'll not find any of what you think in any history book, not even the US propaganda History books! It's that's bizarre!
But it quite beautifully proves all I've said to be spot on, none of you know anything about your very own country!
Oh and then we have to hear about Lend Lease?
Big deal, Britain paid every last Cent.
Britain sacrificed her wealth, and her empire saving you cowards, that's the truth, because as I've clearly shown in my OP, if we hadn't fought, you'd not be around today.
So how about you paying your share towards all Britain spent? And France and all the other countries that did F all? Well?
You don't hear us Brits crying about that, do you? Yet you American cowards talk about lend-lease? You're insulting you wankers.
You made all your money by supplying the War.
But you Americans, want credit or some heroic portrayal of the USA for making an enormous profit from all the participants in the War?.
Tell me of any other country on the planet whose people talk of winning a war by supplying it and making an enormous profit from it?
Again, the TRUTH is you became a superpower at Britain's expense.
Learn REAL History, not that American version of history as they ''pretend'' to see it.
Hard Wired - The United States was assisting Britain before Pearl Harbor, but tentatively. Pearl Harbor put the civilian population of the United States into the war. The declaration of war by Germany on the United States, shortly after Pearl Harbor, gave the U. S. government a free hand to concentrate on Europe as needed.
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and I thought back then they where wooden🤣👍
That was the Mosquito.
@@ldnwholesale8552 do your research.
@@gspotmop8242 To some extent they were wooden, but had an underlying load bearing structure of metal tubes. Originally the wings were fabric covered as well, but were soon replaced by all metal wings. The B.o.B could have been won without Spitfires, but not without Hurricanes.
It's both beautiful and ugly
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