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The Henley was designed as a two-seat-high-performance light bomber. The prototype first flew in March 1937. Despite its promise, its role was changed to that of target towing. Four hundred were ordered, but only 100 Merlin II and 100 Merlin III-engined Henleys were built at the Gloster works. According to Hawker records two Henleys were used as engine test beds for Vulture and Griffon engines and one was tropicalised.
| ENGINE | 1 x Rolls-Royce Merlin II, 768kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 3845 kg | 8477 lb |
| Empty weight | 2725 kg | 6008 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 14.59 m | 48 ft 10 in |
| Length | 11.1 m | 36 ft 5 in |
| Height | 4.46 m | 15 ft 8 in |
| Wing area | 31.77 m2 | 341.97 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 438 km/h | 272 mph |
| Ceiling | 8230 m | 27000 ft |
| Range | 1529 km | 950 miles |
 | A three-view drawing (1262 x 1096) |
| John Holt, chinook.holt(@)btinternet.com, 31.07.2009 Can anyone supply me with the manufacterers model number for the Henley? | | J, jgates(@)mistral.co.uk, 29.07.2008 In Hawker Aircraft Since 1920 (Putnam's British Aircraft series )by Francis K Mason Hawker book there are photo's of the above mentioned test beds.
I can't find said book at the moment, I think the Griffon installation helped in the installation in the Fairey Firefly.
There are only a few photos in the book of the Henley but more than I have seen on the web. | | Paul Heath, g.paul.heath(@)ntlworld.com, 13.04.2008 Yes, what a waste of an excellent dive-bomber to be reduced to 'target-towing', when a more effective battlefield destiny could have been its history. | | John Sandilands, sandwell(@)xtra.co.nz, 01.05.2007 A Hawker Henly was flying at Portreath, Cornwall in late 1944/early 1945 as a target tug. I remember it for a pecularity in that when landing, the tail-wheel ' usually 'castored', with the a/c 'crabbing' down the runway |
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