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Two seater Hurricane
We've all seen two seater Spitfires but this is the first time I've seen a two- seater Hurricane.
The caption says that it was a unique two-seat trainer, painted yellow and sold to Persia. (The article also mentions a Hurricane that had a jettisonable upper wing that was towed by a Lancaster and flew "piggy-back" on top of a B 24 Liberator) !http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ane_edited.jpg |
Persian two seater was a one off, done in the field, I believe. I think the piggy back Hurricane is a myth, although there were tow trials of a Hurricane, and, of course, the 'slip wing' experiment.
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Hawker Restorations were supposedly restoring one of their airframes as a two seater some time back. Wasn't there a field-modified aircraft in France after D Day?
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Two two seaters.
The Hawker Hurricane The first of the two two-seat Hurricane Mark IIC trainers for Iran, mentioned above, performed its first flight on 27 September 1946. The trainer originally had tandem open cockpits, but the turbulence around the forward cockpit made the rear cockpit extremely drafty, and so a bubble canopy was fitted over the rear cockpit. The trainer originally retained the four Hispano cannon, but they were later deleted. The Soviets also field-converted some of their Hurricanes to tandem-seat trainers, with open cockpits, but few details are available about these conversions. There were a number of odd one-off Hurricane experiments. One of the more interesting was the "biplane" Hurricane, which featured a jettisonable top wing with integral fuel tanks to reduce take-off distance with heavy loads, and to improve ferry range. The wing required the relocation of the radio mast to the belly of the aircraft. The modification was implemented by F. Hills & Sons and was designated the "Hillson FH.40". It proved too heavy to be serviceable. |
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