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p.s. No Typhoons were in India as far as I am aware...
Posted by Dave Robinson on Fri Feb 14, 2003 02:43:05 AM
In reply top Re: Help required in Id'ing these wing bits posted by Dave Robinson on Fri Feb 14, 2003 02:41:00 AM
: : There are two wing bits here - photographer hopes they a
: re
: : Hurricane stuff. But I am not so sure.
: :
: : Can someone please confirm?
: :
: : regards
: :
: : Jagan
: I would love to say that it was a Typhoon wing...been tryi
: ng to track any wings down for years now. Looking at the
: left hand wing I would say that Cees is right and that it
: is a Hawkers design...the single vertical main spar attach
: ment is typical to the Hurricane and Typhoon. I am sure t
: hat the wing itself is too straight for a Typhoon...about
: 1/3 way down the wing it should start to bend up!!!! Look
: s thick enough to be Typhoon aswell.
:
: With all these points my best guess would be Hurricane...b
: ut e-mail me if it is Typhoon!!!
Follow Ups:
- The same was thought of the 109, look what happened N/T - Cees Broere Fri Feb 14, 2003 05:40:21 AM
- I would love to be proved wrong....send me that wing :) - Dave Robinson Fri Feb 14, 2003 06:40:58 AM