Hawker P.1052

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P.1052
Type research aircraft
Manufacturer Hawker Aircraft Limited
Maiden flight 19 November 1948
Status Experimental
Primary user Royal Aircraft Establishment
Number built 2
Developed from Hawker Sea Hawk
Variants Hawker P.1078
Hawker P.1081

The Hawker P.1052 was a British experimental aircraft built by Hawker Aircraft Limited for trials with swept wings.

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[edit] Design and development

Designed to meet Air Ministry specification E.38/46 the P.1052 was similar to the Hawker P.1040 (Hawker Sea Hawk) in most aspects, with the main difference being the wings were swept back at an angle of 35 degrees. The tailplane was cropped to a shorter span. The first prototype (VX272, see photo) flew on 19 November 1948, and the second prototype (VX279) flew six month later on 13 April 1949. The P.1052 became the basis for the design of a swept wing rocket experimental aircraft under the design code P.1078, but because work on the unswept P 1040 based Hawker P.1072 was more advanced, no P.1078 was built. The second prototype P.1052 was rebuilt as the Hawker P.1081 with a single jet outlet and swept empennage, also known at Hawker's as the "Australian Fighter". It was later destroyed, killing the test pilot, T. S. Wade. No other aircraft were built as work had been transferred to the P.1067 (Hawker Hunter). The P 1052 was part of the transition from the straight-winged, centrifugally powered Sea Hawk to the axially powered, swept-wing Hunter. The first prototype, fitted with arrester gear etc. added useful experience in operating swept wing jets on carriers.

[edit] Survivors

The first prototype VX272 is preserved at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.

[edit] Operators

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[edit] Specifications (P.1052)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 39 ft 7 in (12.07 m)
  • Wingspan: 31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
  • Height: 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m)
  • Wing area: 258 ft2 (23.97 m2)
  • Empty weight: 9,450 lb (4,286 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 13,488 lb (6,118 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1× Rolls-Royce Nene R.N.2 turbojet exhausting through wing root pipes, 5,000 lb (22.2 kN)

Performance


[edit] References

[edit] Notes

[edit] Bibliography

  • Green, William and Cross, Roy. The jet aircraft of the world. London: Macdonald and Company, 1955.
  • Hannah, Donald. Hawker FlyPast Reference Library. Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK: Key Publishing Ltd., 1982. ISBN 0-946219-01-X.
  • James, Derek N. Hawker, an Aircraft Album No. 5. New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1973. ISBN 0-668-02699-5. (First publised in the UK by Ian Allan in 1972)
  • Mason, Francis K. Hawker Aircraft since 1920. London: Putnam, 1991. ISBN 0-85177-839-9
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