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Richard J. Caruana Hawker Hunter in British service (Paperback). It all had to be done by pencil and slide-rule. This resulted in the Mk. The revised and strengthened wings could carry more fuel in underwing tanks, giving the Hunter longer legs, together with the possibility of carrying bombs and rockets with the introduction of the Mk. Further DetailsTitle: Hawker Hunter in British service Condition: New Description: Call it elegance, call it grace, or even beauty; Hawker’s Hunter was the last of a breed of aircraft where one of the rules of thumb in design philosophy was ‘if it looks right, it will fly right’. No computer gurus were around at that time, able to run simulated test runs on the desktop. It all had to be done by pencil and slide-rule. Richard J. Caruana describes and illustrates this Hawker thoroughbred, with a selection of some of the most colourful schemes sported by this fighter.Hawker’s Chief Designer, Sir Sydney Camm found little inspiration in the official specifications as outlined in F.43/46 and gave birth to a completely different design concept under the designation of P.1067, flexible enough to accept different power plants. This resulted in the Mk. 1 and Mk. 4 being powered by the Rolls-Royce Avon, the Mk. 2 and Mk. 5 being powered by the Armstrong Whitworth Sapphire. This dual use of power plants probably saved the Hunter from oblivion, as had happened to the troublesome Sapphire of the Supermarine was, however, with the arrival of the Hunter Mk. 6 that a true fighter aircraft was born. The revised and strengthened wings could carry more fuel in underwing tanks, giving the Hunter longer legs, together with the possibility of carrying bombs and rockets with the introduction of the Mk. 9 ground attack version. Author: Richard J. Caruana EAN: 9788367227926 Format: Paperback Country/Region of Manufacture: PL ISBN: 9788367227926 Publisher: Mushroom Model Publications Release Date: 12/10/2024 Language: English Item Height: 208mm Item Length: 300mm Genre: Law & Politics Release Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
