Talk:Hawker Hornbill

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[edit] Designer

Apparently Camm didn't actually design the Hornbill as he wasn't chief designer at the time - it was W. G. Carter (who later designed the Gloster Meteor). Carter resigned shortly after the Hornbill was completed and was succeeded by Camm. Even Flight got this wrong & printed an apology in a later issue stating that the fighter was designed under the direction of Mr. W. S. Carter (sic), and was completed a few weeks prior to his resignation.

This quote can be found in part one of a two-part article, The Hornbill Enigma by Philip Jarrett in the Aeroplane Monthly September and October 1985 issues.

According to Jarrett, this error has been repeated in a number of publications, along with another about the Hornbill's different radiator configurations.

Ian Dunster 18:34, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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