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Re: DH Hornet plans?

Posted by jerry brewer on Tue Sep 03, 2002 02:30:42 PM

In reply top Re: DH Hornet plans? posted by Ron Henry on Tue Sep 03, 2002 01:55:35 PM

: : : Hi all,
: : :
: : : Holidays are over and I am back in the office sipping
: fr
: : om
: : : a cup of bad coffee.
: : :
: : : Over the years there have been many rumours that there
: a
: : re
: : : several projects planned to reconstruct a DH Hornet.
: A
: : fe
: : : w months ago it was mentioned on this forum that there
: a
: : re
: : : two such projects being considered, but nothing has b
: ee
: : n
: : : confirmed as yet.
: : :
: : : Does anyone know if these rumours are based on facts a
: nd
: : a
: : : re individuals really planning to start such a project
: i
: : n
: : : the UK?
: : :
: : : Cheers
: : :
: : : Cees
: :
: : Hi Cees
: : Does the mossie museum have a cockpit section ?
: : A Hornet should be a easier rebuild than a whirlie and i
: s
: : uppose the next best thing after a comet.
: : There was a sea hornet fuselage in a scrappies i
: n
: : plymouth many years ago but it dissapeared. ( It came fr
: om
: : the local civil defence centre when it close. I have a
: pi
: : c somewhere of it )
: : cheers
: : Jerry
:
: I've heard this Sea Hornet wreck discussed before and seen
: a photo (substantial!) and I seem to recall that opinion
: was that it had been buried. ISTR that the location was th
: e Chichester area. Suggest that your 'Plymouth' memory sho
: uld be 'Portsmouth'?
:
: I think (perhaps wrongly) of the Hornet as being heavily i
: nfluenced by Mosquito design experience and using the same
: type of construction, so if anyone wants to build a good
: replica, doesn't that imply making a pair of massive mould
: s for a fuselage?
:

Hi
I'll try the post again first didn't work ?

Definetly plymouth i was born there, saw the building were it used to be many times, have a pic somewhere, suprised the scrappy was interested, he had apparently a pre war flying boat and there was a spit canopy in the office.
The hornet replaced a JU-88 fuselage from a local crash when it arrived at the civil defence HQ.
Cheers
Jerry

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