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2 unusual facts about Hawker Sea Hawk


Anti-shock body

On the Hawker Sea Hawk, the first prototypes experienced high tail drag when approaching transonic speeds.

Marineflieger

The first aircraft included Hawker Sea Hawks which were used by Marinefliegergeschwader 1 and 2 and Fairey Gannets.


Arun Prakash

His assignments in naval aviation included flying Islander aircraft with Indian Navy Air Squadron 550, Vampire and Kiran aircraft with Indian Navy Air Squadron 551, and Seahawk and Sea Harrier aircraft with Indian Navy Air Squadron 300.


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