SOPWITH - The Snipe replica built by Vintage Aviator Ltd in New Zealand is now on show in the RAF Museum, Hendon, Milestones of Flight Hall. A Pup reproduction, built by Bruce and Mary Clarke has flown at Watts Bridge in Queensland. It is powered by a VW engine of similar power to the original’s 80 hp Le Rhone rotary.

HURRICANE - Hurricane Mk I, P3351, a battle of France veteran ex the Alpine Fighter Collection, New Zealand, is now based at Cannes- Mandelieu Airport registered F-AZXR. Hurricane Mk IIc, PZ865, ‘The Last of the Many’ is back flying with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight after a major overhaul and restoration at Duxford by The Fighter Collection.

Curiously, this historic Hurricane is painted in the colours of 34 Squadron, South East Asia Command. A Finnish Air Force Hurricane Mk I, HC-452, is back on display in the Central Finnish Aviation Museum at Tikkakoski after 25 years of storage and conservation.

Two Hurricane Mk I flying restoration projects, P2902 and P3717, are nearing completion by Hawker Restorations, Ipswich, Suffolk. Remarkably, Hawker Restorations is responsible for six of the eleven airworthy Hurricanes in the world.