Hawker Aircraft Limited
Fate	Merged into Hawker Siddeley Group
Successor	Hawker Siddeley
Founded	1920 (as H G Hawker Engineering)
Defunct	1963
Location	Kingston, England, UK Langley, England, UK Dunsfold, England, UK Blackpool, England, UK
Industry	Aviation
Key people	Harry Hawker, Thomas Sopwith, Sydney Camm
Subsidiary	Gloster Aircraft Company (1934)

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Contents 1 History 2 Products 2.1 List 3 References 3.1 Notes 3.2 Bibliography 4 External links 5 See also

History

Hawker had its roots in the aftermath of the First World War which resulted in the bankruptcy of the Sopwith Aviation Company. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British Aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Flying Corps, Royal Sopwith test pilot Harry Hawker and three others, including Thomas Sopwith, bought the assets of Sopwith and formed H. Harry George Hawker MBE, AFC, ( January 22, 1889 &ndash July 12, 1921. Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS ( January 18 1888 &ndash January 27 1989) was an English G. Hawker Engineering in 1920.

In 1933 the company was renamed Hawker Aircraft Limited and took advantage of the Great Depression and a strong financial position to purchase the Gloster Aircraft Company in 1934. The Gloster Aircraft Company Limited, known locally as GAC was a British aircraft manufacturer The next year it merged with the engine and automotive company Armstrong Siddeley and its subsidiary, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, to form Hawker Siddeley Aircraft. An aircraft engine is a Propulsion system for an Aircraft. Aircraft engines are almost always a type of lightweight Internal combustion engine. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company, or Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, was a British aircraft manufacturer. This group also encompassed A. V. Roe and Company; Avro. Avro was a British Aircraft manufacturer, with numerous landmark designs such as the Avro 504 trainer in the First World War, the Avro

Hawker Aircraft continued to produce designs under its own name as a part of Hawker Siddeley Aircraft, and from 1955, Hawker Siddeley Group, until the name was dropped, along with those of the sister companies, in 1963. The Hawker P.1127 was the last aircraft branded as "Hawker". WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

The Hawker legacy is maintained by the American company Raytheon who produce business jets under the name after purchasing British Aerospace's product line in 1993. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Raytheon Company ( is a major American Defense contractor and industrial corporation with core Manufacturing concentrations in Defense systems Business jet, private jet or colloquially bizjet is a term describing a Jet aircraft, usually of smaller size designed for transporting groups of British Aerospace (BAe was a UK aircraft and defence-systems manufacturer that is now part of BAE Systems.

Products

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. Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS ( August 5, 1893 March 12, 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed These included the Hawker Hind and the Hawker Hart, which became the most produced UK airplane in the years before the Second World War. The British Hawker Hind was an Royal Air Force light bomber of the inter-war years produced by Hawker Aircraft. The Hawker Hart was a British two-seater Biplane light-bomber of the Royal Air Force (RAF which had a prominent role during the RAF's inter-war period World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

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. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Battle of Britain (German ''Luftschlacht um England'' is the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the German Luftwaffe during the summer and (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. )

Almost every Hawker Aircraft design of the Second World War was a success (even if not initially), mainly attributable to the design genius of Sydney Camm.

List

• Hawker Duiker 1923 prototype First original design by Hawker, 1 aircraft built, J6918^[1][2]
• Hawker Woodcock 1923
• Hawker Cygnet 1924
• Hawker Hedgehog 1924 prototype
• Hawker Horsley 1925
• Hawker Heron 1925
• Hawker Hornbill 1925
• Hawker Danecock 1925
• Hawker Harrier 1927 prototype
• Hawker Hawfinch 1927
• Hawker Hart 1928
• Hawker F. The Hawker Duiker was an unusual but unsuccessful aircraft It was the first design at Hawker under a new chief designer Captain Thomson in 1922 The Hawker Woodcock was a British single-seat fighter built by the Hawker Engineering Company as the first fighter to be produced by Hawker Engineering (the successor to The Hawker Cygnet was a British ultralight biplane aircraft of the 1920s The Hawker Hedgehog was a three seat Reconnaissance biplane to be used for naval scouting produced to meet Air Ministry Specification 37/22. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Hawker Heron was the first Fighter aircraft designed at Hawker Aircraft with a basically metal structure The Hawker Hornbill was the last Hawker military aircraft designed under the direction of W The Hawker Danecock Biplane was developed from the Hawker Woodcock for the Danish air force and naval service WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Hawker Hawfinch was a British single engined biplane fighter of the 1920's The Hawker Hart was a British two-seater Biplane light-bomber of the Royal Air Force (RAF which had a prominent role during the RAF's inter-war period 20/27 1928 prototype
• Hawker Hoopoe 1928
• Hawker Tomtit 1928
• Hawker Hornet 1929
• Hawker Osprey 1929
• Hawker Nimrod 1930
• Hawker Fury 1931
• Hawker Audax 1931
• Hawker Demon 1933
• Hawker P.V.3 1934 prototype
• Hawker Hardy 1934
• Hawker Hind 1934
• Hawker P.V.4 1934 prototype
• Hawker Hartbees 1935
• Hawker Hurricane 1935
  • Hawker Hurricane variants
• Hawker Hector 1936
• Hawker Henley 1937
• Hawker Hotspur 1938
• Hawker Tornado 1939
• Hawker Typhoon 1940
• Hawker Tempest 1942
• Hawker Sea Fury 1944
• Hawker Sea Hawk 1947
• Hawker P.1052 1948 Prototype
• Hawker P.1081 1950 Prototype
• Hawker P.1072 1950 Prototype
• Hawker Hunter 1951
  • Hawker Hunter/Variants
• Hawker P.1127 1960 Prototype

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

• British Aircraft Directory entry

See also

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