Hawker Tomtit

The Hawker Tomtit (English tomtit for Meise ) was a two-seat military trainer aircraft, the first flight took place in 1928.

History

At the invitation of the British Air Ministry for a beginner trainer aircraft to replace the Avro 504 Sidney Camm developed as chief engineer of Hawker Aircraft Ltd.. the Hawker Tomtit. The first flight took place in November 1928, three months later the Royal Air Force ordered 25 pieces including the prototype for the equipment of the No. 3 Flying Training School in Grantham, the Central Flying School, Wittering and the no. 24 gone ( Communications ) Squ .. 1930 in service, the Tomtit was in 1932 replaced by the Avro Tutor, the new standard training aircraft.

In several units, the aircraft were still further for different tasks, but were retired by the end of 1935 there as well. The Canadian Defense Department received two, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and its predecessor, the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, received four aircraft. Today there is an airworthy copy.

Construction

As a conventional biplane teacher and student pilot sat behind each other in open cockpits, which were equipped with blind-flying instruments. The structure consisted of stoffbespanntem metal (steel and duralumin ). To the suspension was a tail skid. An armament was not provided.

Specifications

• Length: 7.21 m
• Wingspan: 8.71 m
• Height: 2.54 m
• Wing area: 22,09 m²
• Engine: Five cylinder - piston radial engine Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIC
• Power: 150 hp (112 kW)
• Maximum speed: 200 km / h at sea level
• Service Height: 5945 m
• Empty weight: 499 kg
• Maximum take-off weight: 794 kg

Swell

• Types of aircraft in the world, Bechtermünz Publishing, 1997, ISBN 3-86047-593-2, S.511 (English Original Issue: The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft)