By: Sopwith
- 16th September 2015 at 08:20Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Does such a book exist for the Hurricane? :)
"Hurricane at War", Francis Mason's "Hurricane", "Hurricane special" (Ian Allen ). Nothing like the depth of coverage as the Spitfire but no doubt there will be something I've missed .
By: Graham Boak
- 16th September 2015 at 08:38Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Mason's second attempt is the best overall but has a number of blindspots. (His very old one from Monogram has performance information you won't get anywhere else, but is pretty well unobtainable now.) As a second choice I'd list Rys' book from MMP, smaller but covers the subject well. The Haynes Manual is pretty good for technical information on the early aircraft. The Arms& Armour reprint of the Mk.II Manual is worth picking up. There's a number of works that present good examples of walk-arounds and sets of plans, for example the 4-volume set from AJ Press, which is particularly notable for the large and high quality presentation of the photographs with a large range of 1/48 plans. The Crowood book is not in the same class but worth considering as part of a collection.
By: CADman
- 16th September 2015 at 08:57Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Fortunately I own the Morgan/Shacklady, Spitfire International and Vol 1 of Survivors, as well as others. Question is where to find Vol 2 of Survivors.
By: R6915
- 18th September 2015 at 14:03Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Without disagreeing in any way with previous choices I've found Alfred Price's [I]The Spitfire Story [I] to be very useful as well. As far as the Hurricane is concerned some sections of Sydney Camm and the Hurricane by Dr. John Fozzard has been helpful too. But I do agree that the Hurricane deserves a very thorough consideration that will also include analysis of the Hawker company records about the reasons for some of the original design decisions.
Example; the Lewis gun installations on the fuselage / cockpit side shown on the original mock up in the Kingston works? How about a photograph and more detail of the DB 601 engined example built in Yugoslavia or didn't it really exist?
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By: Sopwith - 16th September 2015 at 08:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
"Hurricane at War", Francis Mason's "Hurricane", "Hurricane special" (Ian Allen ). Nothing like the depth of coverage as the Spitfire but no doubt there will be something I've missed .
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By: Graham Boak - 16th September 2015 at 08:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Mason's second attempt is the best overall but has a number of blindspots. (His very old one from Monogram has performance information you won't get anywhere else, but is pretty well unobtainable now.) As a second choice I'd list Rys' book from MMP, smaller but covers the subject well. The Haynes Manual is pretty good for technical information on the early aircraft. The Arms& Armour reprint of the Mk.II Manual is worth picking up. There's a number of works that present good examples of walk-arounds and sets of plans, for example the 4-volume set from AJ Press, which is particularly notable for the large and high quality presentation of the photographs with a large range of 1/48 plans. The Crowood book is not in the same class but worth considering as part of a collection.
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By: charliehunt - 16th September 2015 at 08:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There are some reasonably priced 1961s on Amazon....
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By: CADman - 16th September 2015 at 08:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Fortunately I own the Morgan/Shacklady, Spitfire International and Vol 1 of Survivors, as well as others. Question is where to find Vol 2 of Survivors.
See there is one copy of Vol 1 on Fleebay.
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By: G-ORDY - 18th September 2015 at 07:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Dr Jon Leake is working on it for Air-Britain. A long way off but it will be THE definitive Hurricane book.
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By: DazDaMan - 18th September 2015 at 08:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Well, I dunno about anyone else, but I've pre-ordered the Hurricane Survivors book. I'm looking forward to getting my mitts on it!
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By: Sopwith - 18th September 2015 at 10:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yep I've ordered one too.
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By: merlin70 - 18th September 2015 at 10:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks Mark. I bought a 1961 signed copy in very good condition. Really detailed and comprehensive. :-)
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By: R6915 - 18th September 2015 at 14:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Without disagreeing in any way with previous choices I've found Alfred Price's [I]The Spitfire Story [I] to be very useful as well. As far as the Hurricane is concerned some sections of Sydney Camm and the Hurricane by Dr. John Fozzard has been helpful too. But I do agree that the Hurricane deserves a very thorough consideration that will also include analysis of the Hawker company records about the reasons for some of the original design decisions.
Example; the Lewis gun installations on the fuselage / cockpit side shown on the original mock up in the Kingston works? How about a photograph and more detail of the DB 601 engined example built in Yugoslavia or didn't it really exist?