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Article: Fast facts: The Hawker hunter

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March 25, 2008
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The Hawker Hunter was based on a swept-wing version of an early naval jet - the Hawker Sea Hawk.

The early Hunter F.1 could fly for just an hour because of its small fuel tank and risked airframe damage in combat because spent ammunition was 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 727.63 mph over Littlehampton.

The aircraft can be found in Britain, Zimbabwe, Holland, South Africa, the ...

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