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    The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late...
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    of the Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft: Hawker P.1067 Prototype, first flight 20 July 1951, three built with the first later modified as a Hunter Mk 3 for...
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    The Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on 5 April 1968, when Alan Pollock, a Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hunter pilot performed unauthorised...
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  • version of Hunter Hawker P.1129 Hawker P.1131 Hawker P.1132 Hawker P.1134 Hawker P.1136 Hawker P.1137 Hawker P.1139 Hawker P.1141 Hawker P.1143 Hawker P.1149...
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    Farnborough Airshow crash, which had killed 31 people. The aircraft, a Hawker Hunter T7, failed to complete a loop manoeuvre and crashed, hitting vehicles...
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  • Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production. Hawker Siddeley combined the legacies of several British...
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  • The following is a list of units that have used the Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft. Abu Dhabi Defence Force Air Wing United Arab Emirates Air Force Belgian...
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    Electric Canberra B.2. Similar versions were used in the Canberra B.6, Hawker Hunter and Supermarine Swift. Uprated versions followed, the RA.7/Mk.114 with...
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    BAC Strikemaster, Hawker Hunter, and Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. During the 1980s and 1990s, British Aerospace, the successor company to Hawker Siddeley, was trying...
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    introduced when 16 de Havilland Vampire jets were received. The first Hawker Hunters arrived in 1959 and were followed by additional fighters through 1977...
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    News, Virginia, United States. It operates Dassault Mirage F1, Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, Israeli F-21 Kfir, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and Aero L-39 Albatros military...
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    Sydney Camm (section Hunter)
    to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters. One particularly notable aircraft he designed was the Hawker Hurricane...
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  • table, click on "hide". This trophy, a model of the Hawker Hunter, was first awarded in 1960 by the Hawker Aircraft Company to the student who wrote the best...
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    Enfield, producing ADEN. The ADEN cannon entered service on the British Hawker Hunter in 1954, and was subsequently used on every British gun-armed aircraft...
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    only 24 British-made Hawker Hunter fighters, six transport aircraft and two helicopters. According to the Israelis, the Hawker Hunter was essentially on...
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    developed over 11,000 lbf (49 kN). It powered early versions of the Hawker Hunter and Handley Page Victor, and every Gloster Javelin. Production was also...
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    and Hawker Hunter aircraft were based at RNAS Brawdy, with 849 Naval Air Squadron operating Gannet, 759 Naval Air Squadron with two seat Hunter and 738...
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    wartime production of many of the RAF's aircraft of the time, such as the Hawker Hunter and the Gloster Javelin interceptors, were viewed as questionable. Petter...
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  • Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 and the North American F-86 Sabre. The Hawker Hunter appeared too late for the war but was widely used and took part in several...
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    and the British aircraft industry. Ultimately, the less problematic Hawker Hunter assumed much of the role intended for the Swift and only half as many...
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  • The battle was fought between 120 Indian soldiers accompanied by four Hawker Hunter and three HAL Marut fighter-bombers and 2,000–3,000 Pakistani soldiers...
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    configuration, and era Dassault Mystère FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II Grumman F-9 Cougar Hawker Hunter Lavochkin La-15 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Republic...
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    (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018. "Hawker Hunter Aviation Ltd - Aircraft". Archived from the original on 30 September...
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    Sadashivrao Pingale Hawker Hunter Pingale bailed out Flt Off later Wng Cmdr Vinod Neb India 6th Sep Halwara Air Force Station Hawker Hunter Flt Lt Yunus Hussain...
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    at best, marginally better than its existing fleet of British-built Hawker Hunters. Due to the insufficient power of the Orpheus 703, the Marut was technically...
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    engine. The 1952 British film The Sound Barrier features Hawker Hunter fighters. Hawker Hunter Mk 4s play a major role in the 1957 British Cinemascope...
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  • Rolls-Royce Avon, which were used in the English Electric Canberra and Hawker Hunter aircraft, used a high gas volume cartridge driving a turbine instead...
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  • rising ground, one killed. 10 June 1960 - XG193 Hawker Hunter F.6, 111 Squadron, collided with another Hunter during aerobatic display near RAF Wattisham...
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    Hawker Hunter F.1 (July 1954–Nov 1956) Hawker Hunter F.4 (Feb 1956–July 1958) Hawker Hunter F.6 (Nov 1956–Dec 1956; Jan 1958–July 1960) Hawker Hunter...
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    The RAF service replaced its Meteors with newer types such as the Hawker Hunter and Gloster Javelin. As of 2023[update], two Meteors, G-JSMA and G-JWMA...
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