Aircraft
Click on an aircraft period:
Inter-war years (1919 – 1938)
1919 Sopwith Atlantic |
Harry Hawker attempts the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight |
1924 Hawker Cygnet |
Sydney Camm’s highly successful very light aircraft |
1928 Hawker Hart light bomber |
Easy-to-build steel tube structure, faster than the RAF’s best fighters |
1931 Hawker Fury fighter |
First 200mph aircraft in RAF service |
1936 Hawker Hurricane |
The RAF’s first 300mph aircraft. The first 8-gun fighter and with a retractable undercarriage |