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Sopwith Camel
The Camel was an essential fighter during WW1, it had twin machiene guns, and because the guns, the pilot, and the large rotary engine were close together, it made the plane hard to fly, but under an experienced pilot, had unmatched manoeuvrability.
The Camel was the intended as a replacement for the Sopwith Pup, and was the first british fighter to be rigged with two guns instead of one. -
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Sopwith Rhino
The Rhino was a two seater triplane bomber, only two were built, and it never went into production. It contained a bomb space in the fuselage and could carry 450lb of bombs, and they were easy to load and drop. It was armed with two maciene guns at the front, and the rear seat had a pillar mounted lewis gun.
The prototypes were first flown at Brooklands, and it was found to of been very nose heavy, it was rejected by the RAF because it was a slow plane , and it could not fly that high. -
Sopwith Cuckoo
The Sopwith Cuckoo was a single seater biplane that could launch from a field in a matter of seconds, it was built to carry a large 1000lb torpedo, and had enough fuel to last for a long time.
The Cuckoo was the first of its kind to carry such a large torpedo, so this meant that there were a lot of problems to iron out. it needed a large rudder to eliminate it's tendancy to swing.. -
Hawker Danecock
The Hawker Danecock was desighned when the Danes asked Hawker if they could make a plane simmilar to the Woodcock MkII for them. It was armed with two .303 Madson machieneguns, and had a slightly longer feusalarge, it had a top wing that was longer than the bottom one and had a 385 bh engine. after recieveing the prototypes Denmark obtained a licence that enabled them to produce more of these planes. -
Hawker Fury
The Hawker Fury was a fighter aircraft that was purchased by the ar ministy and that is when they ordered for the production of 21 of the planes.
The Fury had very sensitive controlls, and was very manouverable, it was desighned to intercept bombers, so it had a climb rate of 2,400 ft/min, and was the first of the RAF's aircraft to exceede 200mph. -
Hawker Huricane
The Hawker Huricane was known for being the plane that won the war, it was responsible for 60% of the RAF's victories, and more than 14,000 Huricanes were built. the planes had 4 machine guns, and was powered bby a Rolls Royce engine. At the time the RAF was composed mainly of biplanes, and the Huricane was one of the first single wing planes to have a metal propeller. -
Hawker Hunter
The Hawker Hunter is a subsonic jet manufactured in Britain. It was orrigianly intended to be used as a fighter aircraft, but has been later adapted to carry out reconaissaince and Fighter/bombing missions. It has been widely exported and is part of 21 different air forces. The Hunter is part of the famous Black arrows, who have looped a record breaking total of 22 times whilst in formation. It was also one of the first jet propelled planes that came into production. -
Hawker (Siddley) Harrier
The Hawker Harrier, also known as the jump jet, was a plane that was capeable of vertical landing and takeoff, it was the only one that was fully capeable of vertical landing and takeoff. The Jump Jets were often used away from main airports, and were used as close support, tis is because they only need a short runway, so they can easialy takeoff from aircraft carriers on the sea.
