Profile Publications Number 004 - The Hawker Hunter F.6

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Flying the Huuter.

The Hunter came to be developed so that no restrictions existed in its flying.

At normal all-up weight and in zero wind it would be airborne in well under 1,000 yards and, using Maxaret anti-skid wheel brakes but no parachute, land in the same distance.

It possessed a considerable initial rate of climb (for its day) of over 17,000 feet per minute and would Climb to over 50,000 feet in little over twelve minutes from wheels rolling.

It would “go super-sonic” in only a shallow dive at altitude without noticeable effects on the controls and recovery was straightforward by reducing the throttle and easing back on the control column.

Aerobatics could be performed with the utmost precision and use of the airbrake was positive at all speeds without adverse trim effects.

Stalling was clean without tendency to drop a wing and there were no restrictions on spinning—either erect or inverted.

A maximum true airspeed of Mach 0.95 was attainable at the Tropopause, and 621 knots at sea level.
 
Experimental lateral dive brakes fitted to XF379. These were later abandoned in favour of the now standard ventral dive brake.

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An ex-Belgian Hunter 6 (previously LF-41) after purchase by Hawker Siddeley Aviation in I962. The temporary registration G-9-80 was allotted for the ferry flight to Dunsfold on November 13th 1962, the pilot being Duncan Simpson. Note obliteration of Belgian markings.

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The Hunter 6 with alternative weapons and stores, including practice bombs, H .E. bombs, 230-gal. and 100-gal. drop tanks and napalm bombs, 5-inch, 3-inch and 2-inch (folding fin) rockets.

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Coming soon.................Profile Publications Number 005 - Vickers F.B.27 Vimy

"The Vickers F.B.27 was designed to accommodate a crew of three and twelve bombs.

There were gunners' cockpits, each with a Scarff-mounted Lewis gun, in the nose and behind the wings; the pilot's cockpit was just ahead of the wings."

Detailed description of the design, development and operational history of the Vickers F.B.27 Vimy, a British heavy bomber of the WWI and post-WWI era.

Well illustrated with colour drawings by James Goulding and R. Ward, also many black and white photos.
 
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