7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hawker Horsley Flying a: Air Ministry Photo· Public domain
- 2. Hawker Horsley Bomber: San iego Air & Space Museum· Public domain
- 3. Hawker Horsley bomber: San Diego Air & Space Museum· Public domain
- 4. Hawker Horsley L'Air June 1,1927: L'Air magazine· Public domain
- 5. Hawker Horsley L'Année aéronautique 1927: L'Année aéronautique· Public domain
- 6. Hawker Horsley L'Aérophile April,1927: L'Aérophile magazine· Public domain
- 7. Hawker Horsley Les Ailes August 4,1927: Les Ailes newspaper· Public domain
what is it?
The Hawker Horsley was a British single-engined biplane bomber of the 1920s. It was the last all-wooden aircraft built by Hawker Aircraft, and served as a medium day bomber and torpedo bomber with Britain's Royal Air Force between 1926 and 1935, as well as the navies of Greece and Denmark.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 17.2 m wingspan
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 17.2 m: about 4 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
- 1925
- introduced
- 1927
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 124
- role
- medium bomber
- makers
- Hawker Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Rolls-Royce Condor IIIA
- crew
- 2
- length
- 11.8 m
- wingspan
- 17.2 m
- height
- 4.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,538 kg
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,267 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1591675, Wikipedia: Hawker Horsley (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.