The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes
By Joe Coles (editor)
A brand new illustrated book from the highly acclaimed Hush-kit online magazine.
Friday, 12 November 2021
10 best-looking Hawker aeroplanes? You decide (and date of our master quiz)
From 1920 to 1963, Hawker Aircraft Limited created a slew of incredible aircraft – but which was the most beautiful? Woodcock? Hedgehog? Danecock? Or maybe the classic Hunter? Let us know in the comments below and we will democratically select the top 10 which will form the basis of a top 10 article for hushkit.net. The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes Vol 2 is now 24% funded. It can happen with your help. Pre-order here
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It's the Hunter. End of story. I shall get pugilistic on the ass of anyone who denies this!
posted 12th November 2021
Top 10 (not counting Hawker Siddeley because you said 1920-63)
1. All of the Hart family are utterly gorgeous
2. Sea Hawk - such a clean design
3. Fury, see #1
4. Hind, see #1
5. Sea Fury in FAA livery
6. Radial-engined Tempest
7. Typhoon and in-line Tempest
8. Hunter, if we must. FGA.9 specifically.
9. Hurricane, from a certain angle. MkII.
10. P1127 - not a looker but the AV-8 Matador will be
posted 12th November 2021
Sea Fury, clean powerful lines. None of that weirdness with the intakes and wing being at different angles you get with the Hunter...
posted 12th November 2021
1: hunter(by far)
2: tempest
3: typhoon
4: fury
5: Sea fury
6: hurricane
7: Sea hawk
8: harrier
9: tempest mkii
10: hind
posted 12th November 2021
1. Hunter
2. Sea hawk
3. Hart
posted 12th November 2021
1. Hart
2. Hind
3. Fury
4. Sea Fury
5. P.1052
The Hunter and the fighters/bombers before the Hart look like almost every other plane of their age.
posted 12th November 2021
1 Hawker PV3
2 Tempest
3 Sea Fury
4 Sea Hawk
posted 12th November 2021
1. Nimrødderne
2. Nimrod
3.Demon
4. Osprey
5. Hardy
6.Audax
7. Hartebees
8. Hind
9. Hart
10. Persian Audax
posted 12th November 2021
I do apologise, I'd forgotten about the Sea Hawk, which is a dreadful oversight considering my own local museum has one! It is SOOOO pretty!
posted 13th November 2021
Difficult job to rank number 3-10, but this is my best offer:
01. Hunter
02. Fury
03. Hart/Hind
04. Sea Fury
05. Hurricane
06. Sea Hawk
07. Nimrod
08. Woodcock/Danecock
09. Horsley/Dantorp
10. Tempest
posted 23rd November 2021
The Sea Hawk was something I'd forgotten about, which is terrible considering my own neighborhood museum had one. super lovely
posted 29th December 2022