Project Hawker 2013 (by DaveB47)

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Get well soon Dave! I've managed to rescue this from my viewing history...

 

daveb47

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Posted Today, 11:06 AM

 

 

I know some on here are aviation enthusiasts & may find this of interest.

 

http://projecthawker2013.com/

 

This August marks the 100th Anniversary of the Circuit of Britain Race, a challenge sponsored by The Daily Mail, for the first pilot to fly around Britain in a waterplane. Of the four pilots who entered the race, Harry Hawker, an Australian, was the most successful.  Not only was he the only entrant to start the race, he flew over 1000 miles of the 1540 mile race before crashing just north of Dublin. This was the longest distance flown over water at the time.

Sopwith Waterplane model commissioned by Shell and made by Mappin & Webb.
Presented to Harry Hawker by Shell following the 1913 Circuit of Britain Race.

To commemorate Harry Hawker’s heroic flight, the oldest airworthy amphibian still flying in the UK, the IWM Duxford based Catalina G-PBYA plans to complete the same circuit. The plane and crew will, as closely as possible, follow the 1913 route over a five day historic flight. The 2013 Circuit of Britain challenge is being mounted by Catalina Pilot Jeff Boyling who, like Harry Hawker, was born in Australia and shares a passion for aeronautical adventure.

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Tayne

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Posted Today, 12:01 PM

 

daveb47, on 19 Aug 2013 - 10:06 AM, said:

 he flew over 1000 miles of the 1540 mile race before crashing just north of Dublin. 

 

 

To commemorate Harry Hawker’s heroic flight, the oldest airworthy amphibian still flying in the UK, the IWM Duxford based Catalina G-PBYA plans to complete the same circuit. 

 

Hopefully not exactly the same circuit.

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Faker

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Posted Today, 01:13 PM

 

That's awesome. Never heard of that before.

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John F

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Posted Today, 01:42 PM

 

I think it's a great shame that the oldest airworthy amphibian in the UK is a Catalina, especially as the last airworthy Short Sunderland is over in bloody america..

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get well soon dave