Hawker Hurricane: An unsung hero *The Hawker Hurricane ... Even today, in a survey of the most popular Airfix models, it came seventh, after the Spitfire and numerous German aircraft.

While the Spitfire gets the spotlight, it was the Hawker Hurricane that did the heavy lifting during the Battle of Britain. Designed in secret and deployed just in time, this rugged fighter became the ...

As WW2 began, British Expeditionary Force deployed across the Channel. RAF sent four squadrons of their Hawker Hurricane fighters. Initially, they intercepted some German bombers on recon missions ...

So powerful in fact that by the 1960s, when sales were at their peak, Airfix was shifting more than 350,000 injection-moulded plastic scale model kits of the aircraft per annum. That’s four times as ...

Thousands of aviation enthusiasts are expected to flock to Scone Airport today, to watch a restored Hawker Hurricane take part in an ear-shattering flight of rare World War II fighter-planes.