Overview
Call it elegance, call it grace, or even beauty; Hawker’s Hunter was the last of a breed of aircraft where one of the rules of thumb in design philosophy was ‘if it looks right, it will fly right’. No computer gurus were around at that time, able to run simulated test runs on the desktop. It all had to be done by pencil and slide-rule. Richard J. Caruana describes and illustrates this Hawker thoroughbred, with a selection of some of the most colourful schemes sported by this fighter. Hawker’s Chief Designer, Sir Sydney Camm found little inspiration in the official specifications as outlined in F.43/46 and gave birth to a completely different design concept under the designation of P.1067, flexible enough to accept different power plants. This resulted in the Mk. 1 and Mk. 4 being powered by the Rolls-Royce Avon, the Mk. 2 and Mk. 5 being powered by the Armstrong Whitworth Sapphire. This dual use of power plants probably saved the Hunter from oblivion, as had happened to the troublesome Sapphire of the Supermarine Swift. It was, however, with the arrival of the Hunter Mk. 6 that a true fighter aircraft was born. The revised and strengthened wings could carry more fuel in underwing tanks, giving the Hunter longer legs, together with the possibility of carrying bombs and rockets with the introduction of the Mk. 9 ground attack version.
Full Product Details
Author: Richard J. Caruana ,
Richard J. Caruana
Publisher: Wydawnictwo STRATUS, Artur Juszczak
Imprint: Mushroom Model Publications
ISBN: 9788367227926
ISBN 10: 8367227921
Pages: 54
Publication Date: 10 December 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""It is an absolute mine of detail for anyone interested in the aircraft. The drawings are clear, relatively large scale and show the smallest detail, often including squadron crests and even describing the different paint colours used for the pilot's names and ranks. The Hunter must be one of the best-loved military aircraft ever, and I would rate this book as a must-have for any modeller or Hunter aficionado.""-- ""Army Rumour Service"" ""This is a terrific book for the modeler with lots of eye candy and all the details that are required to reproduce any of the machines depicted using your favorite Hunter kit.""-- ""IPMS/USA"" ""It's a glorious color guide for modelers looking for Hunter versions from 1954 to 1971...""-- ""Historical Miniatures Gaming Society"" ""All of the variants, including two seat aircraft are covered with drawings of the different versions completing the book. Overall it is great eye candy and a nice reference for enthusiasts.""-- ""ModelingMadness.Com""
""All of the variants, including two seat aircraft are covered with drawings of the different versions completing the book. Overall it is great eye candy and a nice reference for enthusiasts.""-- ""ModelingMadness.Com""
""It's a glorious color guide for modelers looking for Hunter versions from 1954 to 1971...""-- ""Historical Miniatures Gaming Society"" ""All of the variants, including two seat aircraft are covered with drawings of the different versions completing the book. Overall it is great eye candy and a nice reference for enthusiasts.""-- ""ModelingMadness.Com""
