Royal Navy Hawker Sea Hawk carrier-based aircraft

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The Royal Navy Hawker Sea Hawk was a British single-seat jet fighter used primarily as a carrier-based aircraft during the early Cold War era.

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instanceOf carrier-based fighter aircraft
jet fighter aircraft
single-seat aircraft
armament 4 × 20 mm Hispano cannon
underwing bombs
underwing rockets
configuration straight-wing
conflict Suez Crisis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 1
designedFor aircraft carrier operations
developedFrom Hawker P.1040 NERFINISHED
engineType single turbojet engine
era early jet age
firstFlightDate 1947-09-02
fuelType jet fuel
intakeConfiguration wing-root air intakes
introduced 1953
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear
landingMethod arrestor hook
launchPlatform aircraft carrier
manufacturer Hawker Aircraft NERFINISHED
maxSpeed approximately 600 mph
approximately 965 km/h
notableFeature straight wings in early jet era dominated by swept wings
numberBuilt over 500
operatorBranch Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED
powerplant Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet NERFINISHED
primaryRole fighter
productionStatus out of production
retired 1983
secondaryRole fighter-bomber
serviceBranch naval aviation
serviceCeiling approximately 13,400 m
approximately 44,000 ft
serviceEntryContext early Cold War
serviceEntryOperator Royal Navy NERFINISHED
tailConfiguration conventional tail
takeoffMethod catapult-assisted
usedBy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED
German Navy NERFINISHED
Indian Navy NERFINISHED
Royal Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy NERFINISHED
usedInRole fleet air defence
ground-attack
wingType low-wing monoplane

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