Hawker Sea Hawk Aircraft

Sea Hawk F.2, East Fortune

Production Details

Design Company:

Hawker Aircraft Ltd

First Flight:

2 September 1947

P.1040:

1 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Kingston

N.7/46:

2 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Kingston

Sea Hawk F.1:

35 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Kingston 60 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Sea Hawk F.2:

40 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Sea Hawk FB.3:

116 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Sea Hawk FGA.4:

97 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Sea Hawk FGA.6:

86 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Sea Hawk 50:

32 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Sea Hawk 100:

32 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Sea Hawk 101:

32 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Indian Sea Hawk:

24 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Coventry

Type Specification

Applies to:

Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6

Type:

Single seat naval fighter

Wing:

Cantilever mid-wing monoplane. All metal structure with stressed heavy gauge skin

Fuselage:

All metal structure. Nose and centre portions are of semi-monocoque construction reinforced by a box section and four longerons, the rear section is a pure monocoque

Tail Unit:

All metal cantilever structure. Tailplane, of one piece multi spar construction, passes through fin above fuselage

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle type

Power Plant:

One Rolls-Royce Nene 103 turbojet engine in centre fuselage. Air intakes in wing leading edge roots, bifurcated tail pipe with exits in wing trailing edge root fairings, one each side of fuselage

Accommodation:

Pilot in pressurised cockpit well forward in nose of fuselage

Armament:

Four 20 mm cannon mounted in lower portion of fuselage nose. Provision for bombs or rocket projectiles on underwing racks

Span:

39 ft

Length:

39 ft 8 in

Height:

8 ft 8 in

Wing Area:

278 sq ft

Empty:

9,190 lb

Max Overload:

15,225 lb

Max Speed:

0.84 M at 36,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

44,500 ft

Preserved in British Museums

Sea Hawk F.2:

WF259 - Museum of Flight, East Fortune Aerodrome - Display

Sea Hawk FB.3:

WM913 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display WN108 - Ulster Aviation Heritage, Langford Lodge Airfield - Display

Sea Hawk FB.5:

WM961 - Caernarfon Air Museum, Caernarfon Aerodrome - Display WM969 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display XE489 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display

Sea Hawk FGA.6:

WV797 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport - Display WV798 - Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society, Lasham Aerodrome - Display WV856 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton Airfield - Display XE340 - Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre, Montrose - Display

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