HAWKER HOTSPUR
- Designed to Specification F.9/35 during 1936 as a turret fighter with
armament of four 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Brownings in a B-P dorsal turret plus
one Vickers gun in the front fuselage. Powered by a 1,030 hp Merlin II,
the Hawker Hotspur was derived from the Hawker
Henley and the prototype K8309 flew on June 14, 1938, but planned
production by Avro to Specification 17/3>6 was abandoned and the prototype,
with turret removed, served at the RAE Farnborough on miscellaneous test
programmes until 1942.
Max speed, 316 mph (508 kmlh)
at 15,800ft (4,816 m). Gross weight, 7,650 Ib (3,473 kg). Span, 40ft 6
in (12.34 m). Length, 32ft 10'/2 m (10.02m).
