The Typhoon Legacy Company, based in Comox, British Columbia, is adopting its own singular approach to returning its example of the Hawker fighter-bomber to airworthiness
“If you had a full aircraft to start with, it could be restored. If you had a full set of original drawings, it could be built, but when you have little bits of everything, you need to dig deep to put the pieces together”. While this statement from Ian Slater, project lead for the Typhoon Legacy Company, may read as obvious, it does set the scene for the remarkable work being carried out to rebuild Hawker Typhoon Ib JP843 to airworthy condition.
