| Progress of the Restoration on Hawker Hurricane AM 274 in 2006 ~ page 1: |

| Rolls-Royce Merlin engine re-build is making progress as can be seen in the photographs above and below |

| One day, this will be the power-plant that enables the Hawker Hurricane AM 274 to fly once more |

| With only sketchy drawings, John Norman begins to lay out the materials for building a new rudder. With any luck, we may still be able to find an original, but they seem to be very few and far between. |

| An original tail fin has arrived from England and has found a new home on AM 274 |

| John spent untold hours at the mill to make a polygonal jig of proper dimensions in order to build the four, special, double layer, center section, spar caps required for the restoration of the Hawker Hurricane AM 274 |
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