Hawker Hunter Aircraft

Hunter F.6A, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Kingston

First Flight:

20 July 1951

P.1067:

3 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter F.1:

113 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd 26 - Hawker Aircraft (Blackpool) Ltd

Hunter F.2:

45 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Ltd

Hunter F.4:

188 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd177 - Hawker Aircraft (Blackpool) Ltd96 - Netherlands112 - Belgium

Hunter F.5:

105 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Ltd

P.1083:

1 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter F.6:

296 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd19 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Ltd93 - Netherlands144 - Belgium

P.1101:

2 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter T.7:

65 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter T.8:

10 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter F.50:

25 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd95 - Hawker Aircraft (Blackpool) Ltd

Hunter F.51:

30 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter T.53:

2 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter F.56:

144 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter F.58:

88 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Hunter T.66:

23 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

Hawker Hunter F.6

Type:

Single seat interceptor and ground attack fighter

Wing:

Mid-wing cantilever monoplane with 40 degree sweep. All metal structure

Fuselage:

All metal semi-monocoque structure

Tail Unit:

All surfaces swept. All metal structure

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle type. Main wheels raised inward into wing roots, nose wheel forward into front fuselage

Power Plant:

One Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine

Accommodation:

Pressurised and air conditioned cockpit with sliding, jettisonable canopy

Armament:

Four 30 mm Aden guns in self contained removable package in underside of fuselage nose. Four underwing pylons

Span:

33 ft 8 in

Length:

45 ft 10.5 in

Height:

13 ft 2 in

Wing Area:

349 sq ft

Empty:

13,270 lb

Loaded:

24,000 lb

Max Speed:

715 mph at 36,000 ft

Initial Rate of Climb:

17,500 ft per minute

Service Ceiling:

55,000 ft

Normal Range:

1,840 miles

Preserved in British Museums

P.1067:

WB188 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere - Display

Hunter F.1:

WT619 - Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, Manchester - Display WT651 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display WT660 - Highland Aviation Museum, Inverness - Display WT694 - Caernarfon Airworld, Caernarfon Aerodrome - Display

Hunter F.2:

WN890 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Nose

Hunter F.4:

WV332 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere - Nose XF506 - Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries - Display

Hunter F.5:

WN957 - Maes Artro Village, Llanbedr - Nose WP190 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere - Restoration

Hunter F.6:

XE627 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display XF382 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport - Display XG160 - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport - Display XG168 - City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich Airport - Display XG225 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display XG226 - RAF Manston History Museum, Manston - Nose

Hunter T.7:

WV383 - FAST, Farnborough - Display XL568 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display XL569 - Aeropark, Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Display XL571 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display XL591 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display XL618 - Caernarfon Air Museum, Caernarfon Aerodrome - Display XL621 - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Display ET-272 - Boulton Paul Aircraft Heritage Project, Wolverhampton - Nose Unmarked - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport - Display

Hunter T.8:

XL580 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton Airfield - Display

Hunter FGA.9:

XE584 - Privately owned, Hooton Park - Nose XE650 - FAST, Farnborough - Cockpit XG154 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display XG193 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Nose XG254 - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Display

Hunter FR.10:

853 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display

Hunter F.51:

E-402 - FAST, Farnborough - Display E-419 - North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland - Display E-421 - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Display E-423 - Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society, Lasham Aerodrome - Display E-424 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Display E-430 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display XF314 - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Display XF324 - Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Display XF383 - City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich Airport - Display XG190 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport - Display

Hunter T.53:

ET-273 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Nose

Hunter F.58:

J-4083 - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport - Display J-4091 - Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Display

Hunter T.68:

G-HVIP - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport - Airworthy

Hunter FGA.78:

N-2 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display

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