Hooton Park 1940S Weekend

[davecalveley]

A 1940s weekend event held here over this weekend gave an opportunity to check on the aircraft exhibits on site

N3290 coded AI-H replica Spitfire MkIX on site for the event

FA330 Doodlebug replica new resident to become BAPC 3_ _

IN hut 27 G-AJEB Auster J/1N Alpha
(BGA 466) Slingsby T.8 Tutor suspended from roof
(P9451) Spitfire 1 windshield and cockpit instruments from excavated wreck display..610 Squadron a/c

and exhibited outside was the nose of G-AGPG Avro XIX


In hut 28 .... TAC workshop

(G-AFIU) Parker CA-4 Parasol fuselage on u/csrriage

------ Gannet cockpit (BAPC 309) systems/test rig

(XD624) Vampire T.11 rubbed down fuselage pod ..booms etc outside

(BGA 473)(G-ALPU) Slingsby T8 Tutor bare fuselage stored in rafters


In Hangar 2

EN398 (BAPC 184) coded JE-J replica Spitfire IX new resident not on u/carriage

No sign of Hunter and Sea Hawk noses this time believed off site for sale....more info if I get it

[viscount]

Good to see that the Spitfire IX replica EN398/JE:J, which I noted on the forum back in May as 'missing' from the Sleap Museum (display room emptied and under refurbishment), has 're-surfaced' at Hooton Park. The fuselage was not far off the length and height of the room it was in at Sleap, so was difficult to appreciate properly - although it was kept safe and dry there.