what is it?
The Hawker Hector is a British biplane army co-operation and liaison aircraft of the late 1930s; it served with the Royal Air Force and saw brief combat in the Battle of France in May 1940. Some Hectors were later sold to Ireland. It was named after the Trojan prince Hector.
base stats
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 90 years ago, in 1936.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1936-02-14
- introduced
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 179
- role
- army co-operation
- makers
- Hawker Aircraft
- engines
- piston
- top speed
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- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1649703, Wikipedia: Hawker Hector (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.