aircraft
Hawker Tornado
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The Hawker Tornado was a British single-seat fighter aircraft design of the Second World War for the Royal Air Force as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane. The planned production of Tornados was cancelled after the engine it was designed to use, the Rolls-Royce Vulture, proved unreliable in service. A parallel airframe that used the Napier Sabre engine continued into production as the Hawker Typhoon.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Hawker Aircraft
- First flight
- 1939-11-06
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 346 kt
- Max speed
- 346 kt
- Service ceiling
- 34,900 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 10,668 lb
- Empty weight
- 8,377 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 168 US gal
- Powerplant
- Rolls-Royce Vulture II
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 32.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 41.9 ft
- Height
- 14.7 ft
- Number built
- 4
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.