• Aircraft:

  Hawker Hunter FGA.78

• Reg: N-268 photos
• Serial #:

  8947

• Airline: Netherlands - Royal Air Force
• Photo Date: Aug 02, 2009
• Uploaded: Jan 24, 2010
• Elvington - EGYK, United Kingdom

Now preserved and on display at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, York. The Hawker Hunter was initially designed as a short-range day interceptor and the prototype flew on 20 June 1951. The Hunter FGA.78 was a single-seat ground attack fighter, armed with four 30mm cannon, plus bombs or rockets. It was powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon 207 turbojet, delivering 10,050 lb thrust. Rate of climb was 17,200 feet per minute and its ceiling was 53,400 feet. Maximum speed was 710 mph at sea level. The Museum's aircraft was originally a Mk 6, built under licence in Holland and served with the Royal Dutch Air Force before conversion to an FGA.78. It was with the Qatar Air Force for ten years, coming to the Museum in 1992. It is displayed in its original Dutch markings.

Photographer

Aircraft

Preserved at the Yorkshire Air Museum

Ian Howat N-268

1,900 0 0 Hawker Hunter FGA.78

The Hawker Hunter was initially designed as a short-range day interceptor and the prototype flew on 20 June 1951

Murtaza Sattar N-268

2,128 0 0 Hawker Hunter FGA.78

[N-2] Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington (pre)

Matthew Clements N-268

2,107 0 0 Hawker Hunter FGA.78

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