and the rebuild of Hawker Typhoon JP843 has had two beginnings, one with Ian Slater in British Columbia Canada that started more than 20 years ago, and another that started with Roger Marley in the UK during the early 1990's. The Canadian dream of seeing an airworthy Typhoon started with the fascination of the aircraft's history and unique design. Understanding that the undertaking would be incred
ibly demanding, requiring drawings, skilled trades and an approved organisation as a backbone for the project even before work could begin, Ian trained for more than two decades as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer specializing in sheet metal fabrication. The search for drawings was difficult, but bared fruit in 2009 with the discovery of volumes of "big Hawker" technical drawings. Roger Marley's project was being built the entire time, and came at just the right time to showcase the project to the dwindling numbers of Typhoon pilots and ground crew. Rogers project included mock-up components along with an amazing list of original Typhoon parts, some of which may be impossible to locate elsewhere. Early in 2015 the deal was made, and Typhoon JP843 came to Canada to join with the work Ian had done throughout his career. The project has a facility and equipment to help push through the next phases.................Stay tuned!
