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Possibly the best
transonic fighter and ground-support aircraft of its kind, the classic
Hawker Hunter, with clean lines, excellent handling characteristics
and a good load carrying capacity, the Hunter was built in greater numbers
than any other postwar British aircraft.
Single engine two
seat (side by side) transonic advanced combat training aircraft, powered
by the non-afterburning Rolls Royce Avon axial flow turbojet developing
7600 lbs. static thrust. First prototypes flying in 1951, it was Britain's
first indigenous swept wing fighter to enter service and briefly held
the world speed record in 1953. It formed the backbone of the Royal
Air Force fighter force from 1954-1961 and remained in front line service
until the early seventies, the last examples only being withdrawn in
1995. Nearly two thousand Hunters of all types were built for a number
of different air forces, including the Belgian, Chilean, Danish, Dutch,
Indian, Swedish and Swiss air forces. The Swiss ultimately purchased
160 Hunters, operating the type from 1958 until December 1994.
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