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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hawker Tomtit ‘K1786’ (G-AFTA) (44441841084): Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Hawker Tomtit G-AFTA Hawker A.c BAG 19.06.54 edited-2: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Hawker Tomtit fuselage: TSRL· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Hawker Tomtit is a British training biplane from the late 1920s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.7 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928
- introduced
- 1930
- number built
- 36
- role
- trainer
- makers
- Hawker Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIC
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.2 m
- wingspan
- 8.7 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 794 kg
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,944 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1591680, Wikipedia: Hawker Tomtit (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.