<p>Owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection.
c/n 41H/81902.
Seen displaying at Old Warden during the 2013 Autumn Airshow.
06-10-2013
</p><p>The details below are from the Shuttleworth Collection website:-
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The Hind was a development of the Hawker Hart, the prototype first flew on 12 September 1934 and the first Hinds entered RAF service in 1935. Altogether 528 Hinds were built to replace the Hart as a front line light bomber and to equip the rapidly expanding Royal Air Force. The Hind differed from the Hart in having a tailwheel in place of the skid, a more developed exhaust system and a cutaway rear cockpit to provide a better field of view for the gunner. The Hind, converted to a trainer variant, remained in service until World War Two. Several overseas air forces used Hawker biplanes, and the Royal Afghan Air Force took delivery of 18 Hinds between 1938 and 1940, these remained in service until 1956. The Collection's Hind was delivered new to the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1938 and continued in use until the 1950s. It was presented to the Shuttleworth Collection and was collected with the help of the Ford Motor Company in 1970. The journey of 6000 miles from Kabul to Old Warden took four weeks and the team had to endure many trials before the Hind was safely in the restoration hangar. The Hind was restored, and flew again on 17 August 1981, resplendent in Afghan Air Force Markings. The Hind was repainted in 1985 to represent K5414 of 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force. In recent times the Hind has suffered with problems in the Kestrel engine and has been grounded while a new engine has been built. The new engine has been created with parts from the Hind's original engine and also from a spare Kestrel held in the Collection. The Hind flew again in June 2003.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33132025" class="extiw" title="d:Q33132025"><span title="photographer from the UK">Alan Wilson</span></a>
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