Hawker Danecock

Hawker · United Kingdom · first flew 1925 · fighter

The Hawker Danecock was a biplane fighter developed from the Hawker Woodcock for the Danish air force and naval service.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	Mid-mounted, straight
E — Engines	1 × piston, nose-mounted
F — Fuselage	7.96 m fuselage
T — Tail	Conventional

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Single-seat biplane with unequal-span wings
Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar radial engine in the nose
Two 8 mm Madsen machine guns

A single-seat biplane with unequal-span wings and a Jaguar radial engine, armed with two Madsen guns. A Dankok survives in the Danish Aircraft Museum.

Specifications

The Hawker Danecock has a length of 7.96 m (26 ft).
It has a wingspan of 9.93 m (33 ft).
Its maximum speed is 233 km/h (145 mph).
Typical crew: 1.

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History

In 1925 the Danish Government told Hawker it would order three aircraft like the Woodcock but with improvements, and Sydney Camm made minor changes to the wings and cockpit area. The first aircraft flew on 18 December 1925 with George Bulman, and all three were delivered by February 1926.

Variants

Compared with the Woodcock II it had unequal-span wings, a slightly lengthened fuselage, a 385 hp Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IV engine and two 8 mm Madsen machine guns. Denmark's licence-built version was the Dankok (Orlogsvaerftet L.B.II).

Where you'll see it

Twelve more were built in Denmark in 1927. One Hawker-built aircraft broke the Scandinavian altitude record at 8,598 m, and the type served until the mid-1930s, when Hawker Nimrods replaced it.

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