Hawker Hind

what is it?

The Hawker Hind is a British light bomber of the inter-war years produced by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force. It was developed from the Hawker Hart day bomber introduced in 1931.

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

base stats

• speed 298 km/htop speed
• size 2,112 kgmax take-off weight
• built 528made 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️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

1934-09

introduced

1935

retired

1957

status

retired

number built

528

role

light bomber, trainer

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Hawker Aircraft

engines

1× Rolls-Royce Kestrel V / Kestrel V

length

8.9 m

wingspan

11.4 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

2,112 kg

top speed

298 km/h

range

—

ceiling

8,047 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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