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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1205.PDF
BRIHSH Rolls-Royce Nc39ft 40ft and right, Sea Hawk FGA.6. SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AIRCRAFT, LTD. Baginlon, nr. Coventry. Telephone: Tollbar 2261 Sea Hawk. Eloquent of the handling qualities and sturdiness of this dainty-looking carrier-borne fighter /bomber was its demonstration at last year's S.B.A.C. Display. Loaded with two 500 lb bombs, it was additionally armed, to starboard, with two tiers of two 60 lb rocket projectiles, and, to port, with two tiers of three 3in R.P.s. Moreover, inboard of the bombs, were two 75-gal tanks; and the four 20 mm guns were, of course, in place. Notable Sea Hawk news of the past year has been the confirmation of Germany's order for 68 Mk 100s and Mk 101s—a contract which followed an order placed by the Dutch Govern- ment some months earlier for 30 generally similar machines. The Mks 100 and 101 will be basically identical with the Fleet Air Arm's Sea Hawk FGA.6, but with internal modifica- tions to meet German requirements. Like the FGA.6, they will be powered with a Rolls- Royce Nene turbojet, delivering considerably in excess of 5,000 lb thrust. In Fleet Air Arm service various marks of Sea Hawk have continued to give an excellent account of themselves, and in several respects have proved superior to comparable swept- wing machines of foreign type. By no means a discreditable record for a machine designed about twelve years ago. Frelghtercoach (AW.650 Series). With the AW.650 series—"designed to meet the need for a modern, adaptable transport specially tailored for the growing volume of freight and aircoach traffic in all parts of the world"—the Hawker Siddeley Group are once again offering a challenge in the civil-aircraft market. Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd., the company principally concerned, has a long and very creditable history of civil aircraft development (Argosy, Atalanta, Ensign, Apollo). Six derivatives of the new design are foreseen—the AW.650 Freightercoach with four Rolls-Royce Darts; the AW.651 Freightercoach with two Rolls-Royce Tynes; the AW.660
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