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Getting the propeller assembled and finished is one of
our challenges. We have been in very regular contact
with our propeller shop which has had the unit for
almost six years, but find themselves challenged in the
past six months to complete the final assembly as they
struggle with staff issues and regular customer's
demands. As yet, this last major component awaits
completion and as such is not yet ready for delivery
and installation. Our offers to supply licensed assistants
and additional payments have not helped to clear their
backlog and allow them to finish the propeller. At the

moment it is a case of our persistence versus their
“When is That Hurricane Going to be resistance.
Finished?" As our mandate is to bring the Hurricane to 'run and
taxi' status, it is necessary for all systems including
Before we answer that question, know that we are electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, fuel, oil and coolant to
working hard. Board folk put in 194 hours in the past be complete before this is possible. If you are missing
quarter doing board stuff. Volunteers put in over 1770 just one piece in any system you essentially have a link
hours in the past three months working on the Hurricane missing from your chain and no system can function if
and Mosquito. it is just 99% complete. Our inspection in early June
found that a coolant pipe, long promised to us by
We made our quarterly trip to Wetaskiwin to check on
another organization working on a Hurricane
the Hurricane on June 5. On the day we attended the
restoration, is now no longer available and must
crew were just working out the exact positions of the
final markings on the airplane, all of which were therefore be manufactured.
completed within the next week. The airplane is now fully As was mentioned in our previous report, the oil
painted with all roundels, markings and stencils and it system is in a similar state with a pipe from the firewall
looks spectacular! Less the propeller, it looks like a to the engine having to be manufactured. Thanks again
complete and finished airplane. This is of course not quite to Brian Davis for loaning us his unit which we can use
the case. to reverse engineer the unusual British fittings on
either end of the pipe. Both the Mosquito Society and
Historic Aviation Services expended considerable effort
over many weeks dealing with Aero Vintage Ltd., LAS
Aerospace and finally Supermarine Aero Engineering
(all located in the UK) before coming to the conclusion
that we would need to have the end fittings machined
locally.

The crew at HASI were also busy completing the
pneumatic system with a variety of fittings and lines so
that the brake system could be completed and made
functional. A significant amount of electrical wiring was
also still waiting for some attention. On the day that
Looking glorious in all of her colours and markings. Greg and we were there, Greg and Buck were also tackling the
Buck establish the exact location of the squadron code letter .303 Browning machine guns which all need some
(M) and the RCAF number (5389) prior to painting. This is attention to standardize and complete them and to see
where hundreds of hours of research into shades, stencils, them refinished.
position, style, placement, finish and more all come together
as a thing of beauty realized.