Article: Veteran pilots return for 50th anniversary of hunter's first flight ; Half a century ago, test pilot Duncan Simpson took a Hawker Hunter jet fighter on its maiden flight. Next month, he will be back in the cockpit for a ceremony at Exeter International Airport to mark the occasion

Article: Classic jet fighters rebuilt to fly again ; Tourists leaving ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  August 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... largest collection of Hawker Hunter jets in the country ... classic aeroplane. The Hawker Hunter was a jet fighter aircraft ... anniversary of the Hawker Hunter XL573's first flight ... event 80-year-old Duncan Simpson, who took the aircraft ...

Article: Hawker hunter fighter returns to Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Echo;  March 25, 2008 ;     395 words ... ... Military aircraft enthusiasts have welcomed the arrival of a Hawker Hunter fighter in Lincolnshire. The Cold War jet, XE624, has ... owns the base, said it would be a popular feature. "The Hawker Hunter should generate a lot of interest, because it is a piece ...

Article: Fast facts: The Hawker hunter
Lincolnshire Echo;  March 25, 2008 ;     349 words ...The Hawker Hunter was based on a swept-wing version of an early naval jet - the Hawker ... ejected from its four nose-mounted cannon. On September 7, 1953, a Hawker Hunter F.3 flown by Neville Duke broke the world air speed record, achieving ...

Article: 'We're on target to save iconic aircraft' ; The iconic ...
Hull Daily Mail (UK);  May 7, 2008 ;     613 words ...The iconic Hawker Hunter jet at the Humbrol site in east Hull is moving to a new home ... by air forces across the world in the 1950s and 1960s. The F6 Hawker Hunter jet first saw active service with 54 Squadron in 1957. When decommissioned ...

Article: Flying machines: Hawker Hunter takes to the air at ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 10, 2002 ;     480 words ...Aviation enthusiasts get a close up view of a Hawker Hunter as they enjoyed the attractions of the RAF Golden Jubilee Air Show yesterday. Tens of thousands of fans headed for RAF Cosford ...

Hawker Hunter F.1 (jet).
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     260 words ...

Hawker Hunter.
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     254 words ...