The Hawker Hurricane as art... (image heavy warning)

[HawkerHurricane]

Someone complimented my sig pic, and I was inspired to google search Hawker Hurricane pictures.

So....

Hurricane at sunset


Hurricane ready for takeoff


Hurricanes scramble in the desert (anti-tank varient)


Hurricanes splash a JU-88


Hurricane in night fighter paint


Hurricane doing antishipping (note rockets)


Hurricanes over Dover


Hurricane over clouds




Hurricane with Finnish markings...

(comment on Finnish hurricane: England provided hurricanes to Finnland when the Finns were at war with Russia and Russia was a German ally. When Russia turned on the Germans, the Finns joined the Germans against them, and adopted German swastika markings. When the Finns negotiated a peace with the Russians in 1943, the Finns dropped the swastika. The Finns were never so much pro-Nazi as they were anti-Russian.)

Limiting myself to ten was hard.

[eyepaddle]

1. Thumbs up for history

(Aviation in this case!) :thumbsup:

Nice explanation of Finland's WWII dilemma as well.

[HawkerHurricane]

2. D'oh!

Made a mistake in the Finn history, here's the correction.

(comment on Finnish hurricane: England provided hurricanes to Finnland when the Finns were at war with Russia and Russia was a German ally. When Germany turned on the Russians, the Finns joined the Germans against them, and adopted German swastika markings. When the Finns negotiated a peace with the Russians in 1943, the Finns dropped the swastika. The Finns were never so much pro-Nazi as they were anti-Russian.)

[Doubting Thomas]

3. Cool Pix

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Sweet art!

Looks like the Finnish Hurricane just flamed a Polikarpov I-15.