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The Hawker Hurricane was
a British single-seat fighter aircraft of all World War Two. The Hawker
Hurricane was designed and built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd, and made in Canada
by the Canada Car and Foundry Co Ltd. The Hurricane was a fighting plane
that pilots agreed would be having a great future. The Hawker Hurricane was
a single-seat fighter aircraft which acted as interceptor-fighters,
fighter-bombers. The Sea Hurricane had modifications which enabled operation
from ships, some were converted as catapult-launched convoy escorts. The
Hurricane was a British fighter airplanes significant in enabling the Royal
Air Force (RAF) to win the Battle of Britain of 1940, and served in all the
major theatres of the Second World War. |
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Name: Type: |
Hawker Hurricane Fighter, interceptor-fighters, fighter-bombers. |
Hawker Hurricane 3 views |
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Crew: Maiden flight: Produced: Manufacturer: |
one pilot 6 November 1935 1937-1944 Hawker Aircraft - Gloster Aircraft Company |
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Designed by: Number built: |
Sydney Camm 14.231 units |
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Hawker Hurricane General characteristics |
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Length: Wingspan: Height: Wing area: |
32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
40 ft 0 in (12.19 m) 13 ft 1½ in (4.0 m) 257.5 ft² (23.92 m²) |
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Empty weight: Loaded weight: Max takeoff weight: |
5,745 lb (2,605 kg) 7,670 lb (3,480 kg) 8,710 lb (3,950 kg) |
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| Powerplant: | 1× Rolls-Royce Merlin XX liquid-cooled V-12, 1,185 hp at 21,000 ft (883 kW at 6,400 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hawker Hurricane Performance |
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| Maximum speed: | 340 mph (547 km/h) at 21,000 ft (6,400 m) (320 mph (514 km/h) at 19,700 ft (6,004 m) with two 250 lb bombs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Range: Service ceiling: Rate of climb: Wing loading: Power/mass: |
600 mi (965 km) 36,000 ft (10,970 m) 2,780 ft/min (14.1 m/s) 29.8 lb/ft² (121.9 kg/m²) 6.47 lb/hp (3.94 kg/kW) |
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| Hawker Hurricane Armament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guns: |
IIa: 8× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine
guns IIb: 12× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns IIc: 4× 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon IId: 2× 40 mm Vickers Type S cannon, 2× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns |
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| Bombs: | 2× 250 lb or 500 lb bombs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hawker Hurricane variants |
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Hurricane I (First production version)
Hurricane I (revised) Hurricane IIA Series 1 Hurricane IIB (Hurricane IIA Series 2) Hurricane IIB Trop. Hurricane IIC (Hurricane IIA Series 2) Hurricane IID Hurricane IIE Hurricane T.IIC Hurricane III Hurricane IV Hurricane V Hurricane X (Canadian-built variant) Hurricane XI Hurricane XII Hurricane XIIA (Canadian-built variant) Sea Hurricane IA Sea Hurricane IB Sea Hurricane IC Sea Hurricane IIC Sea Hurricane XIIA |
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Hawker Hurricane
http://hurricane.tomulus.de/ |
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Hawker Hurricane - Great Britain
http://www.aviation-history.com/hawker/hurrcane.html |
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