Hawker Aircraft

Hawker Aircraft Limited

Industry	Aviation
Fate	Merged into Hawker Siddeley Group
Predecessor	Sopwith Aviation Company Sopwith Aviation & Engineering Company
Successor	Hawker Siddeley
Founded	1920; 99 years ago (1920) (as H G Hawker Engineering)
Defunct	1963; 56 years ago (1963)
Headquarters	Kingston upon Thames, Greater London , United Kingdom
Number of locations	Langley; Dunsfold; Blackpool, United Kingdom
Key people	Harry Hawker Thomas Sopwith Sydney Camm
Subsidiaries	Gloster Aircraft Company (1934)

Hawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer responsible for some of the most famous products in British aviation history.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Products
  
  
  
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    2.1 List
    
    
    
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      2.1.1 Projects
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Key people
  
  
  
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    3.1 Aircraft designers and engineers
    
  
  
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    3.2 Chief Test Pilots
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 References
  
  
  
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    5.1 Citations
    
  
  
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    5.2 Bibliography
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 External links
  

History

See also: Hawker Siddeley

Hawker had its roots in the aftermath of the First World War, which resulted in the bankruptcy of the Sopwith Aviation Company. Sopwith test pilot Harry Hawker and three others, including Thomas Sopwith, bought the assets of Sopwith and formed H.G. Hawker Engineering in 1920.

In 1933 the company was renamed Hawker Aircraft Limited, and it took advantage of the Great Depression and a strong financial position to purchase the Gloster Aircraft Company in 1934. The next year it merged with the engine and automotive company Armstrong Siddeley and its subsidiary, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, to form Hawker Siddeley Aircraft. This group also encompassed A. V. Roe and Company (Avro).

Hawker Aircraft continued to produce designs under its own name as part of Hawker Siddeley Aircraft, from 1955 a division of Hawker Siddeley Group. The "Hawker" brand name was dropped, along with those of the sister companies, in 1963; the Hawker P.1127 was the last aircraft to carry the brand.

The Hawker legacy was maintained by the American company Raytheon who produced business jets (including some derived from the 125, whose original design dated back to de Havilland days) under the "Hawker" name. This was the result of purchasing British Aerospace's product line in 1993. The name was also used by Hawker Beechcraft after Raytheon's business jet interests (Hawker and Beechcraft) were acquired by investors and merged.

Products

Hurricane Mk.I

In the interwar years, Hawker produced a successful line of bombers and fighters for the Royal Air Force, the product of Sydney Camm (later Sir Sydney) and his team. These included the Hawker Hind and the Hawker Hart, which became the most produced UK aeroplane in the years before the Second World War.

During the Second World War, the Hawker Siddeley company was one of the United Kingdom's most important aviation concerns, producing numerous designs including the famous Hawker Hurricane fighter plane that, along with the Supermarine Spitfire, was instrumental in winning the Battle of Britain. During the battle, Hawker Hurricanes in service outnumbered all other British fighters combined, and were responsible for shooting down 55 percent of all enemy aircraft destroyed.^{[citation needed]}

Hawker Hunter F.58 (UK code ZZ190, ex-Swiss Air Force)) of Hawker Hunter Aviation arrives at the 2018 RIAT, England

List

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  Hawker Duiker 1923 prototype – first original design by Hawker, 1 aircraft built, J6918^[1][2]
  


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  Hawker Woodcock 1923


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  Hawker Cygnet 1924


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  Hawker Hedgehog 1924 prototype
  


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  Hawker Horsley 1925


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  Hawker Heron 1925


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  Hawker Hornbill 1925


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  Hawker Danecock 1925


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  Hawker Harrier 1927 prototype
  


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  Hawker Hawfinch 1927


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  Hawker Hart 1928
  
  • Operators of Hawker Hart and variants
  
  


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  Hawker F.20/27 1928 prototype
  


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  Hawker Hoopoe 1928


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  Hawker Tomtit 1928


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  Hawker Hornet 1929


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  Hawker Osprey 1929


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  Hawker Nimrod 1930


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  Hawker Fury 1931
  
  • Hawker Fury variants
  
  


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  Hawker Audax 1931


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  Hawker Dantorp1932


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  Hawker Demon 1933


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  Hawker P.V.3 1934 prototype
  


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  Hawker Hart 1934


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  Hawker Hind 1934
  
  • Hawker Hind variants
  
  


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  Hawker P.V.4 1934 prototype
  


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  Hawker Hartbees 1935


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  Hawker Hurricane 1935
  
  
  
  • Hawker Sea Hurricane
  
  
  • Hawker Hurricane variants
  
  
  • List of Hawker Hurricane operators
  
  
  • List of surviving Hawker Hurricanes
  
  
  
  


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  Hawker Hector 1936


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  Hawker Henley 1937


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  Hawker Hotspur 1938


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  Hawker Tornado 1939


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  Hawker Typhoon 1940
  
  • List of Hawker Typhoon operators
  
  


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  Hawker Tempest 1942
  
  • List of Hawker Tempest operators
  
  


• Hawker F.2/43 Fury 1943 prototype
  


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  Hawker Sea Fury 1944
  
  • List of Hawker Sea Fury operators
  
  


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  Hawker P.1040 1947 prototype
  


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  Hawker Sea Hawk 1947
  
  • List of Hawker Sea Hawk operators
  
  


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  Hawker P.1052 1948 prototype
  


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  Hawker P.1072 1950 prototype
  


• Hawker P.1078 prototype
  


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  Hawker P.1081 1950 prototype
  


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  Hawker Hunter 1951
  
  
  
  • Hawker Hunter variants
  
  
  • List of Hawker Hunter operators
  
  
  • Hawker Hunter in service with Swiss Air Force
  
  
  
  


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  Hawker P.1127 1960 prototype
  

Projects

Source: Hannah (1982)^[3]

• Hawker P.1000


• Hawker P.1004


• Hawker P.1005


• Hawker P.1007


• Hawker P.1008


• Hawker P.1014


• Hawker P.1017


• Hawker P.1021


• Hawker P.1025


• Hawker P.1027


• Hawker P.1028


• Hawker P.1029


• Hawker P.1030


• Hawker P.1031


• Hawker P.1037


• Hawker P.1041


• Hawker P.1044


• Hawker P.1048


• Hawker P.1049


• Hawker P.1050


• Hawker P.1051


• Hawker P.1053


• Hawker P.1054


• Hawker P.1055


• Hawker P.1056


• Hawker P.1057


• Hawker P.1058


• Hawker P.1063


• Hawker P.1064


• Hawker P.1065


• Hawker P.1069


• Hawker P.1070


• Hawker P.1071


• Hawker P.1073


• Hawker P.1077


• Hawker P.1079


• Hawker P.1082


• Hawker P.1084


• Hawker P.1085


• Hawker P.1088


• Hawker P.1089


• Hawker P.1092


• Hawker P.1093


• Hawker P.1096


• Hawker P.1098


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  Hawker P.1103 1950s interceptor project


• Hawker P.1104


• Hawker P.1106


• Hawker P.1107


• Hawker P.1108


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  Hawker P.1121 late 1950s fighter project


• Hawker P.1124


• Hawker P.1125


• Hawker P.1126


• Hawker P.1128


• 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


• Hawker P.1152


• Hawker P.1214

Key people

Harry Hawker in May 1919

• Harry Hawker


• Thomas Sopwith

Aircraft designers and engineers

• Sydney Camm


• Roy Chaplin


• Robert Lickley


• Richard Walker

Chief Test Pilots

• George Bulman


• Bill Humble


• Wimpy Wade


• Neville Duke


• Alfred William (Bill) Bedford

See also

• Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom

References

Citations

1. 
   ^ Hannah 1982, p. 15.
   


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   ^ James 1973, p. 15.
   


3. 
   ^ Donald Hannah, Flypast Reference Library - Hawker, Key Publishing 1982
   

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• Hannah, Donald. Hawker FlyPast Reference Library. Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK: Key Publishing Ltd., 1982.
  ISBN 0-946219-01-X.


• James, Derek N. Hawker, an Aircraft Album No. 5. New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1973.
  ISBN 0-668-02699-5. (First published in the UK by Ian Allan in 1972)


• Mason, Francis K. Hawker Aircraft since 1920. London: Putnam & Company, 3rd revised edition 1991.
  ISBN 0-85177-839-9.

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  Hawker – British Aircraft Directory

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By project number	P.1000 P.1001 P.1002 P.1003 P.1004 P.1005 P.1006 P.1007 P.1008 P.1009 P.1010 P.1011 P.1012 P.1013 P.1014 P.1015 P.1016 P.1017 P.1018 P.1019 P.1020 P.1021 P.1022 P.1023 P.1024 P.1025 P.1027 P.1028 P.1029 P.1030 P.1031 P.1032 P.1033 P.1034 P.1035 P.1036 P.1037 P.1038 P.1039 P.1040 P.1041 P.1042 P.1043 P.1044 P.1045 P.1046 P.1047 P.1048 P.1049 P.1050 P.1051 P.1052 P.1053 P.1054 P.1055 P.1056 P.1057 P.1058 P.1059 P.1060 P.1061 P.1062 P.1063 P.1064 P.1065 P.1067 P.1068 P.1069 P.1070 P.1071 P.1072 P.1073 P.1074 P.1075 P.1076 P.1077 P.1078 P.1079 P.1080 P.1081 P.1082 P.1083 P.1084 P.1085 P.1087 P.1088 P.1089 P.1090 P.1091 P.1092 P.1093 P.1094 P.1095 P.1096 P.1097 P.1098 P.1099 P.1100 P.1101 P.1102 P.1103 P.1104 P.1105 P.1106 P.1107 P.1108 P.1109 P.1114 P.1115 P.1116 P.1118 P.1120 P.1121 P.1122 P.1123 P.1124 P.1125 P.1126 P.1127 P.1128 P.1129 P.1130 P.1131 P.1132 P.1134 P.1136 P.1137 P.1139 P.1140 P.1141 P.1143 P.1149 P.1150 P.1152 P.1154 P.1155 P.V.3 P.V.4
By name	Audax P.1081 ("Australian") Cygnet Danecock Demon Duiker Hawker F.20/27 Fury Hardy Harrier Hart Hawfinch Hector Hedgehog Henley Heron Hind Hoopoe Hornbill Hornet Horsley Hotspur Hunter (variants) Hurricane (variants) Kestrel Nimrod Osprey Sea Fury Sea Hawk Tempest Tomtit Tornado Typhoon Woodcock
Hawker Siddeley	Andover Buccaneer Harrier (variants) Hawk HS.125 HS.141 HS.146 HS.681 HS.748 Nimrod Sea Vixen Trident P.139B P.1127 Kestrel P.1154

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