Friday, August 5, 2011

British greatest aircraff-world war 2

Hawker Hurricane



Type: fighter and fighter bomber

Powerplant: 1,390hp (1,630 with boost) Rolls-Royce Merlin XX V12 liquid-cooled piston engine

Service Ceiling: 10,850m (35,600 ft.)

Maximum Speed: 335 mph (541 km/h)

Range: 740 km (460 mi.) with no load; 1480 km (920 mi.) with two 200-litre (53-gal.) drop tanks

Armament: four 20 mm Hispano or Oerlikon cannon; two 250 lb (113.5 kg) or (later aircraft) 500 lb (227 kg) bombs

Weights: empty 2,631 kg (5,788 lb.); loaded 3,674 kg (8,083 lb.)

Dimensions:
Span: 12.19 m (40 ft.)
Lenght: 9.75 m (32 ft.)
Height: 3.99m (20 ft.)




Supermarine Spitfire

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Type:

Single-seat fighter / interceptor

Engine:

1 Rolls-Royce Merlin 45, dev. 1440 - 2050 hp.

Max speed:

594 km/h (370 mph) @ 6 000 m (13,000 ft.)

Ceiling:

11 000 m (37,000 ft.)

Range:

1 800 km (1,135 mi.)

Weight (empty):

2 260 kg (5,000 lb.)

Weight (loaded):

2 911 kg (6,400 lb.)

Wingspan:

11,23 m (36 ft. 10 in.)

Lenght:

9,12 m (29 ft. 11 in.)

Height:

3,02 m (11 ft. 5 in.)

Armament:

Eight 7.7 mm (.303 cal.) Browning machine guns with 350 rounds per gun and up to 227 kg (500 lb.) of bombs.



Hawker Tempest

World War 2 planes


Type:

Fighter-bomber

Engine:

Napier Sabre II dev. 2 420 hp

Max speed:

686 km/h (425 mph) @ 5 182 m (18,500 ft.)

Ceiling:

11 125 m (36,500 ft.)

Range:

2 462 km (740 mi.)

Weight (empty):

4 082 kg (8,980 lb.)

Weight (loaded):

6 142 kg (13,512 lb.)

Wingspan:

12.50 m (41 ft.)

Length:

10.30 m (34 ft.)

Height:

4.9 m (16 ft.)

Armament:

Four Hispano 20 mm cannons, two 1000lb bombs or 8 rockets

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