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Scale 1:32   Length  14.9"  Wingspan  14.6"

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The first jet aircraft from the Hawker, the worthy successor to famed WWII fighter designs such as the Hurricane, Tempest and Fury.

The Sea Hawk was conceived in 1944, and developed by a design team working under Sir Sydney Camm.  Though there was little interest from the RAF, who preferred the Meteors, the Royal Navy was impressed and  commissioned three prototypes. The first prototype flew on 2 September, 1947

In November 1949, the Royal Navy ordered 151 aircraft,  and service trials were conducted with the initial batch of 35 Sea Hawk F.1s.  In 1951, Winston Churchill  initiated a "Super-Priority" scheme  to hurry production of critical aircraft including Sea Hawk, and 60 more F.1s   and 40 Sea Hawk F.2 were produced; the later version corrected oscillation problem with power-actuated ailerons and a few other small improvements. .

The Sea Hawk FB.3 (Fighter Bomber), was introduced in the spring of 1954.  It could be configured to carry a range of stores with its strengthened wings; including two 500 pound bombs, dual drop tanks; 20 7.62-centimeter rockets  and other bombs, rockets, and mine combinations. One hundred and sixteen FB.3s were built.

The new Nene 103 was also engineered into new production Sea Hawks, these new machines being designated the FGA.6.  Eighty-seven were built. The type would soon see action alongside some FB.3s, giving close air support for the Anglo-French Suez operation in November, 1957

The Sea Hawk FGA.4 (Fighter Ground Attack), an improved strike variant,  was first flown in August, 1954,  Ninety-seven were produced.

Twenty-two FGA.50 aircraft were delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy (Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD) between 18 July 1957 and 29 January 1958. Serials 6-50 to 6-71 (later 111 to 131). Almost identical to FGA.6 aircraft, but had a Philips UHF radio. They were flown by 860 and 3 Squadrons from land bases and on the HNLMS Karel Doorman.  Most were later modified to carry a pair of Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. Aircraft 131 is currently preserved in a museum at Soesterberg

Production of the Sea Hawk ended in  1961, yet aircraft served until the early 1980s.  This was a highly successful European aircraft with a production run of 524.  The Sea Hawk's elegant, refined design eventually evolved into the Hawker Hunter.

Crew:           Pilot only
Length:        39 ft 8 in
Wingspan:    39 ft 0 in
Speed:          600 mph
Ceiling:         44.500 ft
Engines:       1 Rolls-Royce Nene 103 turbojet
Armaments:  Four Hispano-Suiza 20 mm cannons plus
two 500 lb  bombs or ten 3inch unguided rockets
 

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