Hawker Aircraft

Hawker Woodcock 1923 The first fighter to be produced by Hawker Engineering (the successor to Sopwith Aviation), the Woodcock ... read more ... The Cygnet was a light aeroplane built for the 1924 Lympne trials. read more ... Hawker Cygnet 1924 Hawker Woodcock II 1924 read more ... The Horsley was produced for the RAF as a bomber and torpedo bomber, entering service ... read more ... Hawker Horsley 1925 Hawker Heron 1925 Built as a private venture, the Heron single-seat fighter was noteworthy in that it was the ... read more ... Representing an attempt to design the smallest and lightest practical airframe around the most powerful available engine ... read more ... Hawker Hornbill 1925 Hawker Danecock 1925 Based on the Woodcock II and designed by Sydney Camm, the Danecock was developed to meet ... read more ... Hawker Harrier 1927 Hawker Hawfinch 1927 Designed by Sydney Camm as a potential successor to the RAF's ageing Siskin fighter, the Hawfinch ... read more ... The outstanding performance of the Fairey Fox day bomber, undoubtedly came as something of a ... read more ... Hawker Hart 1928 Hawker F.20/27 1928 Precursor of the Hornet and Fury, this experimental single-seat interceptor fighter designed by Sydney Camm to meet ... read more ... H G Hawker Engineering's first essay into the realm of the single-seat shipboard fighter, the Hoopoe, ... read more ... Hawker Hoopoe 1928 Hawker Tomtit 1928 Two-seat training biplane powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose III radial engine. Small number built ... read more ... Hawker Hornet 1929 Hawker Osprey 1929 The Osprey was a two-seat naval fighter-reconnaissance biplane, developed from the Hart but with additional ... read more ... The Nimrod was basically the FAA version of the Fury single-seat interceptor fighter. In general ... read more ... Hawker Nimrod 1930 Hawker Fury 1931 Certainly the fastest and aesthetically one of the most elegant biplanes to enter service with ... read more ... Early experience with the Hart day bomber in squadron service left little doubt that it ... read more ... Hawker Audax 1932 Hawker Demon 1933 When the Hawker Hart day bomber entered service in January 1930, its performance was so ... read more ... Designed to meet the requirements of Specification F.7/30 calling for a single-seat, four-gun day and night fighter, ... read more ... Hawker P.V.3 1934 Hawker Hardy 1934 The Hardy was a two-seat general-purpose biplane developed from the Hart. Production aircraft were built ... read more ... The rapidly changing world of the 1930s forced the British government to take stock of ... read more ... Hawker Hind 1934 Hawker P.V.4 1934 One prototype, first flown on 6 December 1934. No production. read more ... Few British aircraft have attained the special niche in the history of the RAF which ... read more ... Hawker Hurricane 1935 Hawker Hartbees 1935 The Hartbees was another development of the Hart produced to a South African Air Force ... read more ... The Hector was developed as a two-seat army cooperation biplane based around a Hind-type fuselage, ... read more ... Hawker Hector 1936 Hawker Henley 1937 The Henley was designed as a two-seat-high-performance light bomber. The prototype first flew in March ... read more ... When, in 1935, Specification F.9/35 was issued for a two-seat interceptor fighter to replace the Demon, ... read more ... Hawker Hotspur 1938 Hawker Tornado 1939 Sydney Camm and his team responded to Specification F.18/37 which called for a single-seat interceptor, with two ... read more ... Air Ministry Specification F.18/37 was concerned with the design and development of two advanced interceptor ... read more ... Hawker Typhoon 1940 Hawker Tempest 1942 The performance of the Typhoon was such that speeds of around 805km/h could be attained ... read more ... The Fury was designed to conform to Specification F.2/43 and was developed from the Tempest. ... read more ... Hawker Fury / Sea Fury 1944 Hawker Sea Hawk 1947 The Sea Hawk single-seat naval fighter was designed and initially produced by Hawker Air-craft Ltd. ... read more ... Rolls-Royce Nene-powered research aircraft built to investigate the controllability and stability of sweptback wings at ... read more ... Hawker P.1052 1948 Hawker Siddeley (De Havilland) "Heron" 1950 Developed as a result of Australian interest in an operational fighter version of the P.1052 swept-wing ... read more ... Hawker P.1081 1950 Hawker Siddeley "Hunter" 1951 See also: Damien Burke's Page ... read more ... Starting life as an A. V. Roe project in 1958, the original Type 748 was ... read more ... Hawker Siddeley (Avro) HS.748 "Andover" 1960 Hawker Siddeley HS.125 1962 In 1961, de Havilland began working on a revolutionary small business jet known as DH.125 ... read more ... Designed by De Havilland later incorporated into Hawker Siddeley Group. First flew on January 9, 1962. ... read more ... Hawker Siddeley "Trident" 1962 Hawker Siddeley P.1127 / Kestrel 1964 The Kestrel FGA Mk 1 ground attack fighter was an operational evaluation derivative of the P.1127 ... read more ... The Harrier family was started with the Hawker P.1127. Design began in 1957 by Sir ... read more ... Hawker Siddeley HS-1127 "Harrier" 1966 Hawker Siddeley HS-801 "Nimrod" 1967 The Nimrod has been the Royal Air Force's primary patrol bomber since replacing the Avro ... read more ... Designed to replace BAC-167 "Strikemaster". First flew in 1974. read more ... Hawker Siddeley HS-1182 "Hawk" 1974