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Mk 1 |
Mk 2 |
Mk 4 |
Mk 5 |
Mk 6 |
Mk 7 |
Mk 9 |
Mk 10 |
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Powerplant |
RA21 |
Sa.101 |
RA7R |
Sa.101 |
RA28 |
Mk 122 |
Mk 207 |
Mk 207 |
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Thrust [lbs] |
7550 |
8000 |
7550 |
8000 |
10,000 |
7,500 |
10,150 |
10,150 |
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Basic Weight [lbs] |
12,648 |
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13,250 |
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14,122 |
13,497 |
14,572 |
15,346 |
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Clean TO Wt [lbs] |
16,350 |
16,300 |
17,000 |
17,000 |
17,400 |
17,225 |
18,373 |
19,100 |
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Internal Fuel [lbs] |
2541 |
2387 |
3157 |
3100 |
3000 |
3157 |
3,081 |
3,081 |
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Max Gross TO [lbs] |
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24,422 |
25,200 |
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Max Speed @SL |
0.9 M |
0.905M |
0.9 M |
0.905M |
0.935M |
0.92M |
0.935M |
0.935M |
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Max speed @ height |
0.935M |
0.94M |
0.935M |
0.94M |
0.95M |
0.94M |
0.95M |
0.95M |
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TECHNICAL COMPARISONS
‘You are old Hawker Hunter'
The young man said
‘And your paintwork is no longer bright,
Yet I see that you constantly stagger aloft,
Do you think at your age that it's right?'
I'm old,' smiled the Hunter
‘As you rightly observe.
Yet you’re missing the pertinent thought,
Were it not for its age no antique would deserve
All the money for which it is bought.'
`But you're old AND outdated'
The young man frowned,
`And your instruments ancient and plain.
Tell me how can you navigate close to the ground
Without using a digital brain?'
`In my youth yawned the Hunter,
`Pilots could fly
Using stopwatch and compass and map,
And I’m teaching them still to be Kings of the Sky,
Now be off ....... while I'm taking a nap.
The young man said
‘And your paintwork is no longer bright,
Yet I see that you constantly stagger aloft,
Do you think at your age that it's right?'
I'm old,' smiled the Hunter
‘As you rightly observe.
Yet you’re missing the pertinent thought,
Were it not for its age no antique would deserve
All the money for which it is bought.'
`But you're old AND outdated'
The young man frowned,
`And your instruments ancient and plain.
Tell me how can you navigate close to the ground
Without using a digital brain?'
`In my youth yawned the Hunter,
`Pilots could fly
Using stopwatch and compass and map,
And I’m teaching them still to be Kings of the Sky,
Now be off ....... while I'm taking a nap.
Signed M.E. Kerr – Jan 24th 1974
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