Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (14)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

The Hawker Hotspur K8309 at Brooklands in July 1938. The turret was a wooden dummy; a real one was never fitted.

Flight 1939-11 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

The Hotspur was an experimental two-seater fighter built by the Hawker Company some time back.

Flight 1939-02 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

The Hawker Hotspur two-seater fighter has a turret of an unusual barrel-shaped design.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (14)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

K8309 with its Rolls-Royce Merlin running at Brooklands in 1938.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (14)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (14)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

A highly developed two-seater fighter prototype is the Hawker Hotspur, which carries a battery of machine guns in a power-driven turret.
K8309 at Brooklands in July 1938. It was first flown on June 14 in the hands of Hawker test pilot P. G. Lucas.

Flight 1940-03 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

Gt. Britain has set a new style with her turret fighters. Here is the Hawker Hotspur.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-07 / P.Capon - Capon's Corner

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

Not one of Hawker’s best - the Hotspur prototype K8309. This aircraft was powered by a 1,025 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine and is seen at Brooklands in June 1938.

Air Enthusiast 2003-07 / A.Brew - The best fighter the Navy never had

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

The prototype Hawker Hotspur K8309 - built to Specification F9/35.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (14)

The Hotspur at an interim stage, with the dummy turret removed and the position faired over.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (14)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

View of Hotspur K8309 in August 1941, after it had been fitted with the long canopy and camouflaged. It was in this form that it was tested by pilots of the RAE. Note the transparency inserted in the rear fuselage, in the top segment of the roundel.

Aeroplane Monthly 1998-12 / D.Webb - The unsung gallants /Test flyers/ (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

When fire broke out in the carburettor of Hawker F.9/35 Hotspur K8309 on February 12, 1942, Davie made a successful forced-landing at Hartford Bridge Flats from which he and his observer escaped. Unfortunately it was the end of the line for the Hotspur, which had originally had a four-gun turret in the rear cockpit position.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (14)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8309   [12]

View of Hotspur K8309 in August 1941, after it had been fitted with the long canopy and camouflaged. It was in this form that it was tested by pilots of the RAE. Note the transparency inserted in the rear fuselage, in the top segment of the roundel.

Flight 1939-12 / Flight Advertisements

BOLD, resolute and matchless in courage, the 15th century Hotspur stalks through the pages of Shakespeare to immortality. Today, another Hotspur streaks through the sky to “honour and renown” - the Hawker Hotspur. Fast, powerful and reliable, this two-seater fighter is a worthy product of a famous firm. We are glad its construction embodies components of Hiduminium R.R. Alloys because no metal that is lighter is as strong, none that is stronger is as light.

Air International 1982-06 / Fighter A to Z

The Hotspur was developed to the same requirement as the Boulton Paul Defiant, but little effort was placed behind its development owing to preoccupation with the Hurricane.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (14)

Hawker Hotspur