Hawker Sea Hawk

what is it?

The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet day fighter formerly of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its design originated from earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, the Sea Hawk was the company's first jet aircraft. Following acceptance in the RN, the Sea Hawk proved to be a reliable and sturdy workhorse.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 11.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 965 km/htop speed
• size 7,326 kgmax take-off weight
• built 547made 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
• 🏎️Top speed is 7.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1947-09-02

introduced

1953

retired

1983

status

retired

number built

547

role

naval fighter

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Hawker Aircraft

engines

1× Rolls-Royce Nene 103

crew

1

length

12.1 m

wingspan

11.9 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

7,326 kg

top speed

965 km/h

range

—

ceiling

13,564 m

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