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The primary aim of the “Whirlwind Fighter Project” is to reproduce a single (and the world's only) example of the Westland Whirlwind Mk 1 twin-engine single-seat fighter-bomber aircraft.
It is intended that the project will result in far more than another 'replica' - P7056 will be a complete non-airworthy reproduction of the Westland Whirlwind, a reproduction aircraft which is indistinguishable inside and out from an aircraft in Squadron service during the Second World War.
As sections are completed they are put on display for the purpose of public education in the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge - Link to Museum
Available for public view from June 2024 are the fully-equipped cockpit and rear fuselage sections incorporating top-secret radar identification systems not displayed in-situ any any other collection and the exposed cannon arrangement in the nose. Alongside is an alternative experimental cannon configuration and the remains of an excavated Whirlwind including the only two known remaining Rolls Royce Peregrine engines in the world.
It is intended that the project will result in far more than another 'replica' - P7056 will be a complete non-airworthy reproduction of the Westland Whirlwind, a reproduction aircraft which is indistinguishable inside and out from an aircraft in Squadron service during the Second World War.
As sections are completed they are put on display for the purpose of public education in the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge - Link to Museum
Available for public view from June 2024 are the fully-equipped cockpit and rear fuselage sections incorporating top-secret radar identification systems not displayed in-situ any any other collection and the exposed cannon arrangement in the nose. Alongside is an alternative experimental cannon configuration and the remains of an excavated Whirlwind including the only two known remaining Rolls Royce Peregrine engines in the world.