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Tony Buttler has informed me that Chris Farara, former Hawker Aircraft employee, compiler of the Hawker Association newsletter, occasional writer, and diligent archivist of the Brooklands Hawker archive, has passed away.
I can only speak from my own experience - Chris was a really nice man, who...
30 Jan 2016 is the 90th birthday of Ralph Hooper - father of the Harrier (and P1216!)
https://twitter.com/MichaelJPryce/status/693087096026849280
http://www.bl.uk/voices-of-science/interviewees/ralph-hooper
Ralph was both the inspiration and a great help in my Master's and PhD studies, and...
Hi! The Hawker P.1052 swept-wing version of the Sea Hawk for high speed research.
https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/hawker-p1052
"The Hawker P.1052 was an experimental aircraft produced by Haker Siddeley for research and development of swept back wing designs.
As preparations were being...
Hi,
the Hawker company developed in 1933,a monoplane version of its
Fury biplane fighter,it remained a drawing board only.
http://alternathistory.org.ua/fury-monoplane-ili-nemnogo-o-kharrikeine
Hawker P.1035 Hawk with F.2/43 Fury undercarriage. Source grade 1.
While searching for P.1035 images I came across the beginnings of a model by Paul Bradley (attached). Until seeing it, I hadn't considered the possibility that the P.1035 retained the tail-wheel undercarriage (a la Attacker)...
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