Hurricane Heritage
@HurricaneR4118
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Official feed for Hurricane Heritage. We operate BE505, the world’s only 2-seat Hurricane and R4118, the only airworthy Hurricane from the Battle of Britain.
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The view from the back of the Duxford Big Wing yesterday evening. Absolutely epic!
@Ultimate_Aeros
@UltimateWarbird
@ACDuxford
@I_W_M
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MH434, and some incredible low flying to cheer us up. I think this is Lee Proudfoot flying, but I’m sure you’ll correct me if I’m wrong! 😉
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Despite the gathering storm, 16 Spitfires and 4 Hurricanes made a spectacular sight - and sound - at
@IWMDuxford
yesterday
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Merry Christmas from the team at Hurricane Heritage!
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We’re really fortunate to operate the world’s only 2-seat Hurricane, and getting to deliver the “experience of a lifetime” on every, single flight is an incredible privilege. Take a look at this short video of one of this years’ customers. 😁
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Absolutely unbelievable video: Alain de Cadenet delivers a brilliant piece to camera.... and then Ray Hanna flies the lowest of low passes in MH434. Gets quite a reaction 🤣. An oldie, but if this doesn’t cheer you up on lockdown, nothing will 👍
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A belated happy birthday to the Hurricane. First flight 84 years (...and one day ago...). 6th November 1935
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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
#BattleofBritainDay
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Today marks the 88th anniversary of first flight of the Hawker Hurricane. In our view, the most important British fighter of WWII. Happy birthday Hurricane!
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Breaking away from the Messerschmitt 108 yesterday 😁
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80 years ago today, the Battle of Britain began.
@HurricaneR4118
is the most complete surviving Hurricane from the battle and flew 49 sorties from
@CroydonAirport
with 605 squadron. 8 decades on, we still owe huge gratitude to “The Few”.
#BattleOfBritain
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A bit of cloud surfing in the Hurricane yesterday 😁
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BIG NEWS: Very excited to finally announce that the world’s only 2-seat Hurricane - BE505 - is joining the Hurricane Heritage fleet in 2022! We’ll be tweeting a lot more about this in the coming months, but more details can be found on our website:
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We had the enormous privilege of flying 102-year-old Jeff Brereton in “Pegs” yesterday, with R4118 in formation. Jeff was a fitter on R4118 in the Battle of Britain, but didn’t get to see her from this angle until 83 years later. A very emotional experience!
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John Romain putting the PRXI Spitfire through her paces. Sound up
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About to take this beauty for her first flight of the year; first flight post annual check; and first flight with a beautiful new set of exhausts 😁
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The Hurricane Heritage team had the huge privilege of reuniting Jeff Brereton with R4118 at
@IWMDuxford
today. Jeff was a fitter with 605 Sqn, based at Croydon in the summer of 1940 and actually worked on R4118 during the Battle of Britain. An incredible day.
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Playing above the clouds in the Hurricane yesterday 😁
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No doubt that above the clouds is the best place to be on a rainy Sunday afternoon...
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Our beautiful Mk1 Hurricane - R4118 - making a run and break to land at
@IWMDuxford
last January in the hands of Mike Collett. Sound up!
@Ultimate_Aeros
@ACDuxford
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A “pinch yourself” moment at
@IWMDuxford
yesterday in formation with 3 Spitfires. Thank you to the superb team at ARCo for making this possible…. And the best bit is that I get to do it all again today 😊
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Not a bad view at Headcorn Airshow this afternoon!
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Absolutely delighted to get my Hurricane display authorization today. Literally a dream come true 😁
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Diamond 9 of Spitfires
@IWMDuxford
Battle of Britain Airshow on Saturday. What an amazing sight and sound
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Last flight before the Hurricane goes in for her annual maintenance. Stunning views at 5000’ above scattered cumulus
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5000’ over Cambridgeshire in the Hurricane yesterday
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Barrel rolling over Greenham Common on Saturday in the Hurricane 😁
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Air to air with
@HurricaneR4118
a couple of years ago. Can’t wait for the 2020 season to begin!
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Breaking away from the Vic of 3 Spitfires at the
@IWMDuxford
Summer Airshow on Saturday. The Spitfires went into a tailshase, while I climbed to 3000’ for my solo display. An epic weekend!
@ACDuxford
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First engine run in 15 months. Started first time, and no problems so far. So pleased to finally bring her back to life... it’s been a long journey!
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Happy Christmas and here’s to a Hurricane-filled 2021
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Happy 103rd birthday to Group Captain John Hemingway DFC, the last know surviving
@RoyalAirForce
pilot to have fought in The Battle of Britain
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Getting airborne today for our display at “Air Legend”, Villaroche, France 🇫🇷. Thanks for having us
@AirLegendJMA
@Ultimate_Aeros
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Mk1 Spitfire, N3200, at
@IWMDuxford
on Saturday evening preparing for her display. The light was spectacular 😳
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83 years ago, R4118 was intercepting Messerschmitts in anger over Kent. This clip was en-route to Villaroche for the “Air Legend” airshow last Friday, but certainly gave a small sense of what the experience must have been like…
@AirLegendJMA
@Ultimate_Aeros
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We’re bringing these two beauties back to White Waltham this afternoon. Can’t wait!
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A short clip from a fly-alongside last weekend. Love the shadow of the Messerschmitt on the fuselage. Definitely a close formation 😉
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Going to be a beautiful weekend, so more videos to come. Here’s something we shot last weekend of BE505 along the north coast of the Isle of Wight heading towards The Needles. There’s something about a Hurricane with white cliffs in the background 😍
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Squadron Scramble! Formation takeoff for Pegs and R4118 from
@WLACFlying
on Saturday.
@Ultimate_Aeros
@ACDuxford
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It’s an absolute privilege to be the custodian of this beautiful
#BattleOfBritain
veteran. She flew 49 operational sorties from Croydon with 605 Sqn during September and October 1940 and she’s still flying today. Photo credit:
@JohnMDibbs
#BattleOfBritain80
#LestWeForget
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Restoration update: Merlin III repairs complete this month; propeller hub sourced; and flying controls re-fitted. Airborne early summer! 😁
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Mk1a Spitfire engine runs on Friday .... assisted by 2 windswept engineers 😬
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Mk.1 Spitfire next to the Mk.1 Hurricane, R4118, yesterday afternoon at Duxford. Both beautiful!
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.... got to be worth 1 minute, 53 seconds of your day .... 😉
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A few flames on startup as Mike takes R4118 for the last flight of the day from White Waltham
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Taxying for departure from Wellesbourne on Sunday
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The four Hurricanes at the
@IWMDuxford
Battle of Britain show yesterday. For me, this was the highlight of the show. Obviously 😉
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Just climbed out of the Hurricane after my display at
@IWMDuxford
today, when I realized I had the best seat in the house for the arrival of the
@RAFBBMF
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Stunning views from the Hurricane earlier today 😁
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We’re about to fly a 100-year-old Hurricane / Typhoon veteran in Pegs from
@IWMDuxford
. A very special day
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Happy New Year Hurricane team! Looking forward to sharing lots more of this with you in 2023 😁
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Sun’s coming out and preparations are underway for a great day’s flying here at
@IWMDuxford
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86 years ago today - on the 6th November 1935 - the prototype Hurricane took to the skies for the first time. It’s a privilege to keep this beautiful aircraft flying nearly nine decades later
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On 6th November 1935, Flight Lt George Bulman took the prototype Hurricane aloft for the first time from Brooklands aerodrome. 87 years later, this beautiful aircraft is still gracing our skies, and we’re privileged to operate the world’s only 2-seater. Happy birthday Hurricane!
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Beautiful views from 5000’ over Hampshire in the Hurricane on Saturday
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A vic of Hurricanes running in to defend Church Fenton against marauding Buchons during yesterday’s amazing
@Flying_Legends
airshow.
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Jon Gowdy on short final in Mk1 Spitfire, N3200, after leading the “Duxford Wing” in the finale of the
@IWMDuxford
airshow last Saturday evening
@ACDuxford
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
#RemembranceDay
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The Flying Bulls P38 running in for a superb display at Saturday’s
@Flying_Legends
airshow. At 440mph, she wasn’t hanging about 😳
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Jeff Brereton was a fitter with 605 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. His first job was to patch bullet holes on R4118. Today he came back to see his Hurricane at
@WLACFlying
and signed the emergency exit panel. This has made my year 😁
@OC605Sqn
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A pair of
@ACDuxford
MkIX Spitfires launching from
@IWMDuxford
. There’s not a better sound on a spring morning 👍
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John Romain in the PRXI Spitfire giving Duxford a low pass before heading off to
@Shuttleworth_OW
for his display. Sound up 😃
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A reluctant start, accompanied by flames and smoke, on a very cold morning last weekend
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Absolutely stunning view from R4118 during the “Duxford Wing” flypast last weekend at
@IWMDuxford
The 15th September is Battle of Britain day, so it seems appropriate to post a video from the Battle of Britain balbo flypast
@IWMDuxford_
. The view from inside
@HurricaneR4118
.
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Hurricane 3-ship breaking into tailchase at the Battle of Britain Airshow, Headcorn, yesterday
@Ultimate_Aeros
@ACDuxford
@AeroLegendsUK
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100-year old Jeff Brereton was a fitter with 605 Squadron at Croydon during the Battle of Britain, where he worked on R4118. He was considered lucky by the aircrew as his aircraft always returned unscathed. Here he is rubbing a bit of good luck back into R4118 81 years later
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Proof - if it was needed - that the Hurricane is the most beautiful aircraft in the world. 😉 Photo credit: John Dibbs
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On days like this it’s against the law not to fly the Hurricane 🙄
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Safely back at Duxford with her “little friend” 😀
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On Battle of Britain day, a short clip from our transit to RAF Benson yesterday evening. Remembering all of those who fought and served during The Battle.
@RAFBenson
@Ultimate_Aeros
@ACDuxford
@WLACFlying
#battleofbritain
#BattleOfBritainDay
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Beautiful Hurricane flight over Cambridgeshire yesterday 👍
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