Sir Sydney Camm

17/07/2025

Brought back for a bit :)

14/05/2024

Video made to commemorate this member of San Diego Air and Space Museum's International Air and Space Hall of FameFrom the archives of the San Diego Air and ...

13/05/2024

Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS (5 August 1893 – 12 March 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the bi...

04/05/2024

The iconic warbird is now available for MSFS.

17/03/2024

Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’, is the world’s only airworthy two seat example of this classic wartime fighter. The Hurricane originated from the drawing board of the legendary Sir Sydney Camm, who went on to design other iconic fighters like the Tempest, Hunter, Harrier, and many others. The Hurricane first flew in November 1935 and entered squadron service just over two years later. It contained a lot of known technology; Hawkers having supplied the Royal Air Force with frontline fighters previously such as the Fury and Demon.

The type is often considered something of an ‘unsung hero’ throughout wartime – it was often overlooked in favour of the more glamorous Spitfire yet performed a wider range of roles arguably more effectively. Its largely fabric fuselage was easy to repair in the event of battle damage and whilst the thick wing of the Hurricane might have prevented it reaching the same speeds as a Spitfire, it provided the aircraft with impressive turning performance and gave the pilots who flew it great confidence. Despite over 14,000 Hurricanes being constructed, only around 16 remain in an airworthy condition today. Part of the reason for this is the sheer number of man hours required to reconstruct a Hurricane; approximately double what would be required to get a Spitfire back in the air.

Read more: https://www.aircraftrestorationcompany.com/hurricane-be505

25/02/2024

For those that didn't know, there was a retro Commodore Amiga game from 30+ years ago called Reach For The Skies with Hawker Hurricanes.

02/07/2023

Found some of Sir Sydney Camm's Hurricane planes in Ukraine from World War 2.

London sent the Hawker Hurricanes to the Soviet Union to help them fight against N**i Germany.

11/11/2022

Lest We Forget Thank you Sir Syndey Camm.Saviour of Britain for designing the Hurricane and Harrier jets that saved so many lives. ❤️🙏

05/08/2022

Happy Birthday to my Great Uncle, Sir Sydney Camm. Never to be forgotten always in our hearts. Xo ❤️