HAWKER HURRICANE Discover why the Hawker Hurricane aeroplane is important to the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead and make your own model plane to fly at home. Who designed the Hawker Hurricane? Sir Sydney Camm was born in August 1893 and grew up in Windsor. He designed multiple aircraft from the Fury to the Jet-powered Harrier but it is the Hawker Hurricane for which he is most well known. Learn more about this local hero by watching our special edition wonder. Did you know? The Hawker Hurricanes scored the highest number of Royal Air Force (RAF) victories during the Battle of Britain in 1940. You can see a commemorative blue plaque on Sir Sydney Camm's former home on Alma Road, Windsor. Visit www.windsormuseum.org.uk for more resources. MY HAWKER HURRICANE INSTRUCTIONS Make your own Hawker Hurricane 1. Choose which Hurricane you would like to make from the pages provided. One has been left blank for you to create your own design. 2. Create your design and add some colour. 3. Apply glue to the back making sure you cover the corners of each shape then stick the whole page to some card. 4. Cut out all the shapes using some safety scissors. 5. On each shape A, fold the tabs along the dashed lines then glue all the matching shapes together, leaving the tabs on shape A glue free for the moment. 6. Glue the tabs on shape A and stick them onto shape B. 7. Make a cut along the dotted line on Shape C and slot shapes A & C together. 8. Stick small balls of blu-tack on the nose or under the wings to balance the flight. 9. Ask a responsible adult to share a photo of your Hurricane with us on Twitter or Facebook using #HawkerHurricane. Visit www.windsormuseum.org.uk for more resources. MY HAWKER HURRICANE Shape C Shape B Shape A Visit www.windsormuseum.org.uk for more resources. MY HAWKER HURRICANE Shape C Shape B Shape A Visit www.windsormuseum.org.uk for more resources..