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Aviation History
1943
1943 - 1752.PDF
38 FLIGHT Fifty-sixth of the Latest Recognition Series Aircraft Types and HAWKER HENLEY ORIGINALLY designed as a light single-engined two-seater bomber, to the same specification as the FaireyP4/34, the Hawker Henley was chosen for target towing when the advent of the fast monoplane fighter andbomber rendered the slow biplane target towing virtually useless Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine of 1,030 h.p.,the Henley has a top speed of 272 m.p.h. at 17,000!^ with its drogue iD tow. Its normal operating speed is 235 m.p.h.at 15,000ft., service ceiling 27,000ft. and cruising range 950 miles. Incidentally, an experimental two-seater fighterwith a power-driven iour-gun turret, similar to that of the Boulton Paul Defiant, was a development of the Henleybuilt by Hawkers just before the outbreak of war, but it never went into production. The Henley, in fact, was avery promising and efficient aircraft which has been wasted. To make adequate room for its intended bomb- load, the combined radiator and oil cooler was mounted under the nose, as shown, in the same position as that occupied in the Typhoon, and proved to offer surprisingly little drag. Constructionally, the Henley follows accepted Hawker principles, the fuselage having its main framework of steel tubes with metal covering as far as the cockpit, and the rest fabric covered over wooden formers and stringers. The wings are all-metal, with flush-riveted metal skin covering, and are fitted with split trailing-edge flaps. Ailerons and tail unit are also fabric covered. In general lines the Henley bears a strong family likeness to the Hurricane, but its wings taper and have dihedral straight from the roots instead of from a flat, rectangular centrersection. The large-area fin and rudder are to all intents and purposes identical with those of the Hurricane, but the tailplane is of somewhat higher aspect-ratio. UNDERCARRIACE RETRACT INWARDS 1HICK WINC ROOTS DIMENSIONS Span 47ft. Length 36ft. Sin Height lift. 9in Wing area .. .. 342 sq. ft MODERATE TAPER "
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