Hawker Sea Hawk

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British military aircraft carrier-based jet fighter aircraft single-seat fighter aircraft

The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet fighter aircraft that served primarily with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early Cold War era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military aircraft ⓘ
carrier-based jet fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory jet-powered fighter ⓘ
airIntakeConfiguration wing-root intakes ⓘ
armament bombs ⓘ
four 20 mm cannon ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
configuration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedFor carrier operations ⓘ
developedFrom Hawker P.1040 ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
enteredRoyalNavyFrontlineService early 1950s ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight 1947-09-02 ⓘ
introduced 1953 ⓘ
launchMethod catapult launch ⓘ
manufacturer Hawker Aircraft ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 600 mph ⓘ
notableFeature good low-level handling ⓘ
robust carrier suitability ⓘ
operator German Navy ⓘ
Indian Navy ⓘ
Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm

Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
powerplant Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet
primaryUser Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
propulsion single-engine jet ⓘ
recoveryMethod arrestor hook landing ⓘ
retiredFromRoyalNavyService 1960s ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
successor de Havilland Sea Vixen ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedAs ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
naval strike aircraft ⓘ
usedByNavy German Navy ⓘ
Indian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ
wingConfiguration straight wing ⓘ

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Hawker Aircraft → designed → Hawker Sea Hawk ⓘ
Hawker Aircraft → notableProduct → Hawker Sea Hawk ⓘ