Hawker P.V.4

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The Hawker P.V.4 is an aircraft from the 1930s.

In 1931, the British Air Ministry issued a specification for a "Standard General Purpose" aircraft. The duties was to include Liaison, Bombing (both day & night), dive bombing, torpedo carrying and reconnaissance, as individually aircraft of the Hawker Hart series could perform these duties, Hawkers decided to base their entry on the Hart. The P V 4 was designed & built as a result. Although the P V 4 had a bomb load of 570 lb, which was the same as the Hart, the increased strength allowed it to dive with this load. Like the Hart, it had a crew of two.

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2 Armament
3 Specification (with the Pegasus X engine)
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The P V 4 was first flown from the Brooklands airfield on 6 December 1934, but as the dive bombing duty had been dropped from the specification, the aircraft had little extra to offer. The Bristol Pegasus III engine was initially used, but this was changed to the Pegasus X in 1935. Only one aircraft was built. This was eventually used for spinning tests, and then sent to Bristol where several other engines were installed.