LATEST FIGHTER
FAST, TOUGH AND DEADLY
NEW FACTS DISCLOSED.
New facts about Britain's latest fighter aircraft, the Hawker Typhoon disclose that it lias more speed, greater firing power and heavier armament than any single-seater fighter yet designed. With a longer range than the Hurricane or Spitfire, it will be able to penetrate much further into enemy country.
Created by Sidney Camra, who gave Britain's Roj r al Air Force the Hurricane, the Fury and the Hart, each supreme in its day and class, the Typhoon is a compact, low-wing monoplane equipped with a NapierSabre 24-cylinder H-type engine.
The world's most powerful aeroplane, the Sabre, develops 2350 h.p. for take-off and 1800 h.p. at rated height, and gives a top speed of over 400 m.p.h., with a very high rate of climb. This engine, which develops more power than the Royal Scot, is expected to make aircraft history.
The armament, according to tactical requirements, consists of a
mixture of multiple machine guns or shell-firing cannon.
The Typhoon flew for the first time in February, 1940, and it will be in service before the Tornado.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 144, 20 August 1941, Page 3
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