The Hawker Typhoon that will fly again! - Restoration Weekly Episode 7 

Thanks very much for featuring our project. Some great news and updates coming soon.

Being a Typhoon freak ...WOW !!! An aircraft with dicey landing characteristics is always interesting....

I watched a documentary from the 80’s on the Typhoon on YT last year, or maybe a couple years back. They were interviewing WWII RAF Typhoon pilots. A gentleman was recounting his downing of an FW190 over the channel. He was seated in an armchair in his study, but the memory sort of transported him back to that moment and he got this distant look in his eyes. Suddenly, seated in the cockpit, he raised his left hand as if it was resting on the throttle and said “I had 2000 horsepower in this hand”. This event was late in the war, and that aircraft’s Napier Sabre specification was the very latest in service in 1945. The FW190 was attempting to run away at very low altitude. No chance! In the end, the Typhoon was a formidable interceptor, and a match for its intended adversary. The British Thunderbolt, capable of doing multiple jobs well. The Sabre H24, with sleeve valve train, is an amazing thing to contemplate building.

Great stuff . Ive a 1.6th scale typhoon that i fly radio controlled. Nice to see a real one inthe air .

I had no idea they were restoring one! Thank you for the update. I’m amazed it could go up to 35,000 feet, amazing.

Certainly would be fantastic to see a "Tiffy" back in the air. When I was a small boy I remember regularly seeing Tempest IIs carrying out training sorties with mock attacks on Portsmouth (we used to holiday on Hayling Island and could watch their run-ins an hear the ack-ack gunspracticing on them). I am looking forward to seeing the recently restored Tempest II display in the 2024 season (hopefully). To see a Typhoon back in the air as wel would be the real icing on the cake.

Perhaps mention there are in fact TWO Typhoon projects underway. Typhoon Legacy is the other one....and he publicises far more updates than this group.

I wish our close family friend Group Captain D.J. Scot DSO OBE DFC and bar was here to see this he had some remarkable stories flying Typhoons during his war service with the RAF and RNZAF.

Saw the Tempest II fly, but man I want to hear a Sabre!

I think you are being overly critical of the Sabre engine. By 1943, the Sabers were reliable, and the IV and V produced 2400 bhp, making the Tempest the best low-altitude allied fighter capable of bringing down ME 109Gs, FW190s, V1s and even ME262 at low altitudes. By the war's end, Sabers could reliably produce 3000 plus bhp. The Napier Saber is a phenomenal engine.

Can't wait to see this in flight.

You seem to have shown more shots of Tempests than Typhoons in your film. It is very simple to tell the difference , fin, rudder and wing platform being the most obvious differences.

Many thanks for this project to be seen and the background of its history

A lot of Tempests visible in this movie! Tail and wings are very different.

Very exciting project. As has already been mentioned some of your typhoon shots are Tempests, a very different aircraft. Canada also has a Typhoon restoration to flight in the works, is there an exchange of resources happening?

Can’t wait.

Like some of the earlier comments, I had no idea they were planning to get this old girl back to flying condition. I recently found the Kermit Weeks (Fantasy of Flight) talks with Richard Grace, about his Typhoon project. Richard has taught Kermit some very interesting facts about the whole project. This is of course still hanging in the balance depending upon various other factors. I am holding my breath about the whole thing, but at 68 myself, I just hope I can last to see them all fly. Richard is of course Nick and Caroline Graces son, and Caroline took up the mantle of flying the twin seater Spit after Nick's tragic car accident.

Please keep updates coming on this great project.

Film shows the Tempest?

Awesome! But I'm 68... I don't know if I will see her to fly.....

Why show Tempests?

Great montage of clips, music was a bit monotonous though.

Think about lottery funding it has been done for other projects, it accelerate the rebuilding process.

I doubt it will fly in my lifetime.

How is a notoriously troublesome 80 year old engine going to be reliable enough now to operate, whatever they do to restore it ?

What is the time line for this restoration??

I'm sure you know this already but your voice was only recorded on the left side

You both sound good so please.....NO AI voices. I instantly switch those off!!!

Much of this footage shows Tempests, not Typhoons

Shoot me down on this but why does it cost so much to rebuild this machine? If the original plans are available then why £5-£6million?

Great video but monotonous commentary.

You may well have earned a subscribe and like if your narration wasn't so piss poor.

Great content but terribly boring delivery.

whats going on with the narration? sound like a robot, well done for doing this but this narrator is awful.

Not going to happen!