The Hawker Hunter is one of Britains classic post-war jet aircraft. Initially introduced in 1954 as a swept-wing, transonic, single-seat day interceptor, it rapidly succeeded the first-generation jet fighters in RAF service such as the Gloster Meteor (see Flight Craft 13) and the de Havilland Venom. Powered by the then newly developed Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet, the Hunters performance transformed the RAFs day fighter squadrons from the mid-1950s until the advent of the English Electric Lightning from the early 1960s (see Flight Craft 11).
Author: Martin Derry and Neil Robinson
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Paperback. 96pp. 21cm by 30cm.
ISBN: 9781526742490
Weight: 554g
Original Price: £16.99