Hawker Tornado (Fighter plane)

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Name (Latin)
Hawker Tornado (Fighter plane)
Other forms of name
Tornado (Fighter plane)
See Also From tracing topical name
Fighter planes
Hawker airplanes
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MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q550327
Library of congress: sh2017004537
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Światłoń, J. Hawker Tornado, Typhoon, Tempest V, 2016:introduction (The Hawker Typhoon and Tornado were British single-seat fighter aircraft designs of World War II for the Royal Air Force, intended as replacements for the Hawker Hurricane)
  • The Aviation History Online Museum website, viewed Sept. 28, 2017:aircraft (The Hawker Tornado was the predecessor of the Typhoon and the Tempest)
  • Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 28, 2017(The Hawker Tornado was a British single-seat fighter aircraft design of World War II for the Royal Air Force as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane. The planned production of Tornados was cancelled after the engine it was designed to use, the Rolls-Royce Vulture, proved unreliable in service. A parallel airframe with the Napier Sabre continued into production as the Hawker Typhoon)