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Welcome

O

f all the  ghter aircraft that took part in World
War Two, there’s something about the Hawker
Typhoon that really captures the imagination. To my
eye, it’s the epitome of a stormy marriage between
functionality and aesthetics, somehow managing to
project an image of power while at the same time
retaining an element of rugged grace. Perhaps it’s the
bulky chin radiator, its blunt, thick wings or its high, proud stance when sitting
on the ground, but the Typhoon, colloquially known as the ‘Tif e’, looks like it
means business.
It’s a shame therefore, that time has not been kind to the Typhoon with only
one complete aircraft – the RAF’s Museum’s MN235 – in existence and that’s
currently displayed in Canada. As you will read in our feature starting on page
106 that situation looks set to change, with the efforts of the Hawker Typhoon
Preservation Group (HTPG) starting to bear fruit in its aim to produce an
airworthy ‘Tif e’ based on components from combat veteran RB396.
A large stumbling block in returning a Typhoon to the air has been its
temperamental Napier Sabre engine. Unlike the Rolls-Royce Merlin, of which
there are many extant in various forms, Sabres are hard to come by having
been built in far smaller numbers. Packing 24 cylinders into an ‘H-type’
format, it’s a potent prime mover and one that requires intensive maintenance.
Thankfully, HTPG has managed to source one of these rare powerplants,

together with an appreciable quantity of spares, hopefully securing the future

of the project.

I, for one, hope that HTPG achieves its aim to recreate an aircraft that is so

often glossed over in favour of supposedly more glamorous machines, such

as the Hurricane and Spit re. The Typhoon, and its Hawker stablemate, the

Tempest, may have entered the war later, but they still played an important

part in the history of the con ict, especially in the air-to-ground attack role. As

it happens, there is also an active Tempest V restoration project overseen by

Kermit Weeks at his Fantasy of Flight museum in Florida – wouldn’t it be truly

amazing to see an airworthy example of the two sitting next to each other at a

display such as Flying Legends. One can only dream.

In the meantime, you can give your support to HTPG in a variety of ways,

as detailed in the article. Everyone at FlyPast wishes the project team every

success in their dif cult, but hopefully rewarding task.

Chris Gilson

Editor

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Nigel Price

Deputy Editor

Steve Beebee

Below

A view of Hawker Typhoon IB EK183 and Sqn Ldr THV Pheloung at RAF

Matlaske on April 21, 1943. Coded ‘US-A’, the ‘Tiffi e’ was part of 56

Squadron, and was allocated to Pheloung. He was fl ying a different

aircraft on June 20 when he was killed on an anti-shipping mission

off the Dutch coast. KEY COLLECTION