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The Sopwith Camel Has Been Created!
This was developed by the British in the second world war. It was used as a fighter plane and had one seat. It was designed by Sopwith Aviation Company, Herbet Smith. It was mainly used by the RAF and there were a total of 5,490 of these built. -
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Kingston Aviation Aircraft
This will include all of the planes that were devoloped or buit in Kingston. -
Sopwith Now Become Hawker
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The Hawker Hurricane Has Been Created!
The plane was essential in World War Two. It was Essential because it had the needed speed over the Germand Luftwaffe Planes which often guarded the bombers, thus this meant less bombs were dropped. Its top speed was over 300 mph. It was created by Sydney Camm! -
The Hawker Seahawk Has Been Created!
This was created a few years after World War Two had finished. It was one of the first planes to use the new jet engine - made by Rolls Roce- which allowed it to reach a top speed of 600 mph. This was used by the Royal Navy to protect Navy ships. -
The Hawker Hunter Has Been Created!
This was the first aircraft to reach 727 mph. This plane was once again designed by Sydney Camm. This plane was so popular due to the fact that it ha dmultiple guns on its front and it could carry almost a tonne of explosives -
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier Was Created!
This was the first VTOL aircraft - this means that it can vertically take of and land. So, this meant that it could hover, take off from confined spaces such as a boat and also take off very quickly. However, it took a lot of fuel to VTOL so there were two fuel tanks on the bottom of the wings that could sometime be dropped as bombs. Nevertheless, -
Kingston Aviation Factory Shuts Down!!
The Kingst Aviation Factory shuts down.
