Hawker Hart

what is it?

The Hawker Hart is a British two-seater biplane light bomber aircraft that saw service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed during the 1920s by Sydney Camm and manufactured by Hawker Aircraft. The Hart was a prominent British aircraft in the inter-war period, but was obsolete and already side-lined for newer monoplane aircraft designs by the start of the Second World War, playing only minor roles in the conflict before being retired.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 11.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 298 km/htop speed
• size 2,085 kgmax take-off weight
• built 932made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 98 years ago, in 1928.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1928-06

introduced

1930

retired

1943

status

retired

number built

932

role

light bomber

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Hawker Aircraft

engines

1× Rolls-Royce Kestrel IB

crew

2

length

8.9 m

wingspan

11.4 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

2,085 kg

top speed

298 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,949 m

wings

biplane

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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