Hawker Hunter

Learn about the Hawker Hunter, an aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force.

Specificaties

  • 1956

    First flight

  • 13.98 meters

    Length

  • 4.01 meters

    Height

  • 10.25 meters

    Span

  • 32,40 M2

    Wing area

  • 1x Rolls-Royce Avon with 3654 kgf

    Drive

  • 1,150 km/h

    Top speed

  • 87.40 m/sec

    Rate of climb

  • 715 km

    Flight range

  • 6,406 kg

    Empty weight

  • 10,796 kg

    Max. Starting weight

  • 1

    Crew

The British Hawker Hunter is considered by many to be the best transsonic fighter. The Hunter has a 35º angle arrow wing, a single jet engine with air intakes in the wing root and a high tailplane. This jet fighter can break the sound barrier when making a dive.

The Hunter F.1 enters service with the British Royal Air Force in 1954 as the successor to the Gloster Meteor. The Royal Air Force flew several versions from 1656 to 1968. Dutch Hunters served in 1962 in New Guinea, among other places. Fokker built 375 Hunters under license, mostly for the Dutch and Belgian air forces.