Hawker Hedgehog
Hawker · United Kingdom · first flew 1924 · reconnaissance aircraft
The Hawker Hedgehog was a three-seat naval reconnaissance biplane built to Air Ministry Specification 37/22.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 9.37 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Three-seat biplane with a wooden structure covered in fabric
- Nine-cylinder Bristol Jupiter IV radial engine driving a two-bladed wooden propeller
- Floats that contained wheels, giving it amphibian capability, and folding wings
A single-engined fabric-covered biplane with a radial engine in the nose, amphibious floats and wings that fold to reduce its width for storage.
Specifications
- The Hawker Hedgehog has a length of 9.37 m (31 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 12.2 m (40 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 194 km/h (121 mph).
- Typical crew: 3.
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History
It was designed in 1923 and flew the next year, piloted by F. P. Raynham. The crew were a pilot, an observer and an air gunner.
Variants
Only one prototype was built. The project was cancelled after the flight tests because the performance was not sufficiently better than the Avro Bison and Blackburn Blackburn.
Where you'll see it
It never entered service. Armament was one fixed forward-firing Vickers gun and one Lewis gun on a Scarff ring in the rear cockpit.
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