Image: Hawker Hurricane before maiden flight 1935

Description: K5083, the prototype Hawker Hurricane at Brooklands prior to its maiden flight. Construction of the first prototype, K5083, began in August 1935 incorporating the PV-12 Merlin engine. The completed sections of the aircraft were taken to Brooklands, where Hawker had an assembly shed, and re-assembled on 23 October 1935. Ground testing and taxi trials took place over the following two weeks, and on 6 November 1935, the prototype took to the air for the first time, at the hands of Hawker's chief test pilot, Flight Lieutenant P.W.S. Bulman.
Title: Hawker Hurricane before maiden flight 1935
Credit: This is photograph ATP 8654D from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: British official photographer
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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