Category: Aircraft
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Hawker Hawfinch Fighter
Hawker Hawfinch Fighter Deigned as a replacement for the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin and Gloster Gamecock, the Hawker Hawfinch first flew in March 1927. The competing Bristol Bulldog had a higher top speed and was judged to be easier to maintain, so was ordered into production. No other Hawfinches were built and the single prototype was Read more
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Hawker F.20/27 Fighter
Hawker F.20/27 Fighter Designed as an interceptor, the Hawker F.20/27 competed against Armstrong Whitworth Starling II, Bristol Bullpup, de Havilland DH.77, Fairey Firefly II, Saunders A.10, Vickers Jockey and the Westland Interceptor. None of these were selected and the specification was withdrawn. Hawker designed a follow on design with a V-12 inline engine, the Hawker Read more
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Myasishchev M-4 Bison Soviet Bomber
Myasishchev M-4/3M Bison Soviet Bomber Vladimir Myasishchev’s team built the M-4/3M series (NATO reporting name Bison) to give Long Range Aviation the reach to threaten North America. The first M-4 flew on 20 January 1953; service entry followed in the mid-1950s. Despite impressive payload and speed for its time, early M-4s fell short on intercontinental Read more