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1959
1959 - 0065.PDF
r 11 g .it 2 JANUARY !959 ONE SHILLING & SIXPENCE Golden Jubilee Number OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE HOYAI AERO CLUB FIFTY YEARS ACHIEVEMENT IN AVIATION As "Flight" looks; Backon its 50 years of achievement, HawkerSiddeley recalls its own contribution to British Aviation. From the old Avro I triplane of 1909 to today's 1,000 m.p.h.-plus AITOW fighter, Hawker Siddeley companies have been in theforefront. The record includes the following notable achieve- ments : Hawker Hurricane and Hawker Typhoon, first Britishoperational fighters to fly at over 300 m.p.h. and over 400 m.p.h.; /. Avro Triplane2. Sopwiih Camel 3. Hawker Hart4. Cluster Whittle 5. Hawker Hurricane6. Avro Lancaster 7. Hawker Hunter8. Gloster Javelin ' 9. Avro Arrow10. A. W. Argosy II. Avro Vulcan12. A.W. Stuslug Gloster Whittle E 28/39, first Allied jet aircraft; Avro Vulcan,world's first delta-winged bomber: Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, the world's first pressurised turboprop freightercoach.Today, Hawker Siddeley provides the R.A.F. with its only day interceptor, the Hunter; its only all-weather fighter, theJavelin; and most potent V-bomber, the Vulcan. The Division is also actively engaged in Guided Weapons. HAWKER SIDDELEY AVIATIOISI DIVISION Pioneer . . . and World Leader in Aviation
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