Hawker: P.V.3
Note: This is a sub-section of Hawker Aircraft.
Type
- Single-engined biplane fighter prototype.
Designer
Manufacturers
Number produced
- 1
Engines
- 1 x Rolls-Royce Engines: Goshawk B.43 steam-cooled V12 engine, 700 hp (520 kW).
The Hawker P.V.3 was a British single-engined biplane fighter prototype of the 1930s. Only a single example was built, the Gloster Gladiator being selected instead to fulfill the requirement to which it was designed.
In 1930 the British Air Ministry circulated a draft version of Specification F.7/30 for a heavily armed day and night fighter around likely manufacturers. The new fighter was to have a speed of at least 250 mph (400 km/h) and a good climb rate. As it was expected that the high speeds of both the fighter and its prospective targets would only allow short bursts of fire to hit the target, an armament of four Vickers machine guns was required, double that of earlier fighters.
The P.V.3 made its maiden flight on 15 June 1934, piloted by George Bulman and powered by a 695 hp (518 kW) Goshawk II engine.
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