Description of latest Hawker fighter, which is single seater low wing cantilever land monoplane, with retractable undercarriage and tailwheel designed for both day and night fighting duties; it is powered by Napier Sabre liquid cooled engine fitted with left hand duralumin bladed de Havilland constant speed propeller. (See also Metallurgia v 29 n 171 Jan 1944 p 119-20; Aeroplane v 66 n 1707 Feb 11 1944 p 153-61; Engineer v 177 n 4594 Jan 28 1944 p 66-8; Aero Digest v 44 n 5 Mar 1 1944 p 106-8; Automotive and Aviation Industries v 90 n 5 Mar 1 1944 p 28-9; also French description in Schweizer Aero-Revue v 19 n 6 June 1944 p 227-8)


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    Title :

    Hawker typhoon single-seater fighter and its Napier-Sabre engine


    Additional title:

    Can Aviation


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1944


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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