Hawker Tomtit
| Hawker Tomtit | |
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 Hawker Tomtit of the Canadian Air Force |
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| Type: | two seat military trainer airplane |
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| First flight: |
November 1928 |
| Commissioning: |
1930 |
The Hawker Tomtit ( English tomtit for blue tit ) was a two-seat military trainer aircraft whose first flight took place in 1928.
history
In response to the British Aviation Department's tender for a beginner's training aircraft to replace the Avro 504 , Sidney Camm, as chief engineer at Hawker Aircraft Ltd. the hawker tomtit . The first flight took place in November 1928, three months later the Royal Air Force ordered 25 pieces including the prototype for the equipment of No. 3 Flying Training School in Grantham, the Central Flying School in Wittering and No. 24 (Communications) Squ. Entered service in 1930, the Tomtit was replaced by the Avro Tutor , the new standard training aircraft, in 1932 .
In different units, the aircraft continued to serve different tasks, but were also retired there by the end of 1935. The Canadian Department of Defense received two, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force or its predecessor, the New Zealand Permanent Air Force , received four. Today there is still an airworthy copy.
construction
As a conventional double-decker, teachers and flight students sat one behind the other in open cockpits that were equipped with blind flight instruments. The structure was made of fabric-covered metal (steel and duralumin). A tail spur was part of the landing gear. An armament was not provided.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 2 |
| length | 7.21 m |
| span | 8.71 m |
| height | 2.54 m |
| Wing area | 22.09 m² |
| Engine | an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIC five-cylinder star engine |
| power | 112 kW (approx. 150 PS) |
| Top speed | 200 km / h at sea level |
| Service ceiling | 5945 m |
| Empty mass | 499 kg |
| maximum take-off mass | 794 kg |
literature
- Types of aircraft in the world. Models, technology, data. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-86047-593-2 , p. 511, (English original edition: The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. ).
