Hawker Tornado

The Hawker Tornado was a British single-seat fighter aircraft design of World War II for the Royal Air Force as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane. The planned production of Tornados was cancelled after the engine it was designed to use—the Rolls-Royce Vulture—proved unreliable in service. A parallel airframe with the Napier Sabre continued into production as the Hawker Typhoon.

The decision to drop the Hawker Tornado allowed Sydney Camm and his design team to transfer the alternative engine proposals for the Tornado to the more advanced Typhoon II (later to be renamed 1

Made by Hawker Aircraft.

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Height Main
447.04
Height Alt
4.47 m
Propeller Diameter Alt
12 feet 9 in
Length Alt
10.01 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
10668.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Loaded Weight Main
9520.0
Max Speed Alt
641.0
Type Of Prop
X piston engine
More General
140 gallons
Loading Main
37.7 lb-ft²
Power/mass Main
max takeoff 5.38 lb-hp
Similar Aircraft
*Hawker Typhoon*Hawker Tempest
Power/mass Alt
4
Power Original
7956000.0
Max Speed Main
398 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
4839.0
Ceiling Main
34900.0
Number Built
1
4
Crew
One
pilot
Loaded Weight More
for P5219
Max Speed More
24120.0
Span Main
1277.6200000000001
Area Main
283.0
Primary user
Span Alt
12.78 m
Plane Or Copter?
Avionics
TR 9 VHF R-T fitted
Power Alt
1312.0
Engine(prop)
Rolls-Royce Vulture II or V or Bristol Centaurus CE 4S
Propeller Or Rotor
propeller
Manufacturer
Useful Load Main
2291.0
First Flight
6
Loaded Weight Alt
4318.0
More Performance
432.0
Propellers
3
Number Of Props
1
Propeller Diameter Main
13
Guns
1200.0
Empty Weight Alt
3800.0
Length Main
1000.76
Area Alt
26.3 m²
Power Main
6336000.0
Related
*Hawker Typhoon
Empty Weight Main
8377.0
Ceiling Alt
10
640 m
Category
Useful Load Alt
1039.0
Loading Alt
185

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