Hawker Hunter Swept-Wing Jet Aircraft Family
The Hawker Hunter was a British swept-wing jet aircraft family developed from the P.1067 prototype and introduced as a fast day interceptor before becoming a widely exported fighter-bomber, reconnaissance, and trainer aircraft. Its long service across roughly two dozen air forces and the first prototype later world speed records made it one of the defining Western jet fighters of the 1950s.
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Identity
- Aliases
- HunterP.1067Hawker P.1067Hunter F.1Hunter F.6Hunter FGA.9
- Family Name
- Hawker Hunter
- Full Name
- Hawker Hunter Swept-Wing Jet Aircraft Family
- Roles
- militarytrainerreconnaissance
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Hawker Hunter was a British swept-wing jet aircraft family developed from the P.1067 prototype and introduced as a fast day interceptor before becoming a widely exported fighter-bomber, reconnaissance, and trainer aircraft. Its long service across roughly two dozen air forces and the first prototype later world speed records made it one of the defining Western jet fighters of the 1950s.
- First Flight Year
- 1,951
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- One exact Rolls-Royce Avon 113 turbojet installed in the Hunter F.1 fuselage, fed through triangular wing-root intakes and exhausting through the rear-fuselage jetpipe; no Sapphire or later Avon substitution is inferred.
- Name
- Hunter F.1 exact Avon 113 configuration
- Notes
- Applies only to the Hawker Hunter F.1 branch. Sapphire-powered F.2/F.5, later Avon marks, prototypes, trainers, export variants, and other Hunter branches remain separate or unmodeled until exact evidence supports them.
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- One exact Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 101 turbojet installed in the third P.1067/Hunter prototype fuselage, fed through the Hunter's wing-root intakes and exhausting through the rear-fuselage jetpipe; no Avon substitution is inferred.
- Name
- Hunter P.1067 third prototype exact Sapphire 101 configuration
- Notes
- Applies only to the third P.1067/Hunter prototype branch. The sealed Hunter F.1/Avon 113 alternative, production F.2/F.5 interpretations, later Avon marks, trainers, export variants, and other Hunter branches remain separate or unmodeled until exact evidence supports them.
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- Creation Time
- August 5, 2026 at 01:19:04 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 5, 2026 at 01:37:56 UTC