Hawker Hunter MK 3 WB188

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Hawker Hunter MK 3 WB188

Postby Milek » Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:46 pm

The first prototype fitted with afterburning Avon RA.7R with 9,600 lbf engine, pointed nose, airbrakes on the sides of the fuselage, and a revised windscreen. Used to set raise the world's absolute air speed record to 727.6 mph (1,171 km/h) off the English south coast, next to Littlehampton, on 7 September 1953.
Now in the Museum at Tangmere, Sussex, not to far from my house in Bognor Regis.

I have had a rare ocassion to see this famous aircraft partially dismounted:

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Re: Hawker hunter MK 3 WB188

Postby Jigsaw » Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:48 pm

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing :D
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Re: Hawker Hunter MK 3 WB188

Postby Olicat » Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:27 pm

Nice one!
Fly fast jets and/or C130s over my house please, I'm bored!

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