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Aviation History
1952
1952 - 0427.PDF
15 FEBRUARY 1952 FLIGHT *3 fighting aircraft in the world Wm&l- P.1067 The year 1951 saw British aircraft design establish without question the leadership of the whole world. Outstanding, even in a year of such achievement, is the new Hawker interceptor P.1067. It is an open secret that this swept- back-wing fighter, with its beautiful thoroughbred lines, repeatedly set new speed records at the Farnborough 1951 show. Against great competition, it was hailed as the number one star. The R.A.F. ordered the P.1067 for quantity production straight from the drawing board, a well-deserved compliment to the Hawker fighter tradition of Hurricane, Typhoon, Tempest and Fury. Like these famous predecessors, P.1067 was designed by Sydney Camm. HAWKER AIRCRAFT LIMITED KINGSTON-ON-THAMES • SURREY • ENGLAND MEMBER OF THE HAWKER SIDDELEY GROUP / PIONEER ... AND WORLD LEADER IN AVIATION
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