Hawker Hurricane
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The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force. It was overshad
Hurricane Mk I, R4118, currently the world's only airworthy Hurricane to have fought in the Battle of Britain
An early mock-up for the Hurricane's fuselage, showing side fuselage-mounted synchronised machine gun, like earlier British biplane fighters
K5083, the prototype, photographed before its first flight in November 1935
Hurricane production line, 1942
Rolls-Royce Merlin
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The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V12 piston aero engine of 27-litre capacity. Developed as a private venture by Rolls-Royce and first run in 1933, the engine became one of the most su
Hawker Hurricane
…proposal, incorporating several innovations that became critical to wartime fighter aircraft, including retractable landing gear and the more powerful Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. The Air Ministry ordered Hawker's Interceptor Monoplane in late 1934, and the prototype Hurricane K5083 performed its maiden flight on 6 November…
The Rolls-Royce Merlin
Parallel valve Merlin cylinder head
Merlin 55 ejector exhaust detail, Spitfire LF.VB, EP120
Preserved Merlin 63 showing intercooler radiator, supercharger and carburettor