Aeroplane Monthly 1976-05 / R.Williams - Hawker Sea Hawk

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

The second Hawker P.1052, VX279, a swept-wing development of the P.1040 which was considered by some to be more deserving of a production contract.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-04 / Airshows & Museums Guide

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX272   [5], 7174M   [5]

Hawker P.1052 VX272, seen here at Colerne in October 1975, has moved from Cosford to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.

OS 1 / H.Cowin - X-Planes

Hawker's P.1052 was a derivative of the company's first jet, their unswept P.1040 of late 1944 that was to become the Seahawk. With the availability of captured German data on swept wings, the P. 1052 represented the first in a series of faltering steps that was to see the company lose pride of place as a producer of outstanding fighters. Powered by a 5.000lb s.t. Rolls-Royce Nene and built to Specification E.38146, the P.1052's task was researching the aerodynamics of a Mach 0.86 limited, 35 degree swept wing of 10 per cent thickness to chord ratio. Useful as this information may have been in late 1945 or 1946, by the time the P.1052's first flight took place on 19 November 1948, there is little doubt that the need for such data had long past. Indeed by this time, the fully swept Mig-15, North American F-86 Sabre, Boeing B-47 Stratojet and SAAB J29 were all in, or about to enter, production.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-12 / D.Middleton - Neville Duke /Test Pilot Profile/ (8)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

The second Hawker P.1052, VX279, was given an afterburning Tay with a single orifice beneath swept wing tail surfaces to become the interim Hawker P.1081. When T. S. “Wimpey” Wade was killed in this aircraft in April 1951 Neville Duke became Hawker’s chief test pilot.

Авиация и Время 2019-06 / А.Котлобовский - "Охотник" из туманного Альбиона (Истребитель Hawker Hunter)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX272   [5], 7174M   [5]

Опытный самолет P.1052. 1947г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-06 / B.Gunston - Hawker Hunter, part 1 /Fighters of the fifties/ (23)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX272   [5], 7174M   [5]

The first example of the swept-wing P.1052 was VX272, which first flew in December 1948.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-06 / B.Gunston - Hawker Hunter, part 1 /Fighters of the fifties/ (23)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

The second P.1052, VX279

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2002-04 / P.Butler - Hawker P.1040 ... and Hawker P.1052/P.1081

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX272   [5], 7174M   [5]

VX272 in original configuration, photo dated March 1949

Мировая Авиация 153

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

VX279 в варианте Р.1052. Самолет рассматривался как демонстратор технологий стреловидного крыла, но время уже было компанией к тому времени упущено.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2002-04 / P.Butler - Hawker P.1040 ... and Hawker P.1052/P.1081

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

VX279 as a P.1052, photo dated 20th July 1949

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2002-04 / P.Butler - Hawker P.1040 ... and Hawker P.1052/P.1081

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

VX279 as the P.1081

Air Pictorial 1957-01

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 7174M   [5], VX272   [5]

The Hawker P.1052 was photographed at R.A.F. Cardington by M. M. Gates of Ealing.

Air Pictorial 1957-11

The Hawker P.1052 (with swept tailplane), stored at R.A.F. Cardington, are now painted inl standard R.A.F. camouflage.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-08 / M.Hardy - 1950 RAF Display (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

Sqn Ldr T. S. “Wimpey” Wade flying the Hawker P.1081, VX279.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-12 / D.Middleton - Neville Duke /Test Pilot Profile/ (8)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

The second Hawker P.1052, VX279, was given an afterburning Tay with a single orifice beneath swept wing tail surfaces to become the interim Hawker P.1081. When T. S. “Wimpey” Wade was killed in this aircraft in April 1951 Neville Duke became Hawker’s chief test pilot.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-06 / B.Gunston - Hawker Hunter, part 1 /Fighters of the fifties/ (23)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

The second P.1052, VX279, was given an afterburning Tay with a single orifice beneath swept tail surfaces to become the interim P.1081.

Мировая Авиация 153

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

VX279 после переоборудования в прототип самолета P.1081, к которому проявляла активный интерес Австралия.
Converted from the second P.1052, VX 279, the sole Hawker P.1081 had started life as an aspirant fighter design for the Royal Australian Air Force and again represented a fairly minimalist approach when set against its contemporaries, such as the North American F-86 Sabre, which won the Australian order. Still using the forward fuselage of the P.1040 Seahawk, the P.1081 abandoned the split, or bifurcated jet exhaust pipes in favour of a straight-through jet pipe taken from a Supermarine Attacker. The major change to the P.1081 were the all-new, fully swept fin and tail surfaces. Powered with the same 5.000lb s.t. Nene as its forebear, the P.1081 first took to the air on 19 June 1950. The top level speed of VX 279 was Mach 0.89 at 36.000 feet, or 588mph, 14mph faster than the P.1052. VX 279 crashed, cause unknown, on 3 April 1951, killing Hawker's Chief Test Pilot, Sqn. Ldr. T.S. 'Wimpy' Wade.

Мировая Авиация 125

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

19 июня 1950г.: переделанный из второго Hawker P.1052, взлетел самолет P.1081 с двигателем Nene и стреловидным хвостовым оперением. Первый полет выполнил сквадрон-лидер Т. С. Уэйд.

Авиация и Время 2019-06 / А.Котлобовский - "Охотник" из туманного Альбиона (Истребитель Hawker Hunter)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

Опытный самолет P.1081. 1949г.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2002-04 / P.Butler - Hawker P.1040 ... and Hawker P.1052/P.1081

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX279   [13]

A head-on flying shot of the P.1081 VX279

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-04

Trevor “Wimpey” Wade (so named after the character in Popeye cartoons) wrote regularly for The Aeroplane after leaving the RAF in 1945, before returning to test flying in 1947 for Hawker Aircraft. He is seen here in the cockpit of the Hawker P.1081 in which he lost his life, his parachute failing to open after his ejection from the aircraft.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2001-02 / Picture Pages

The back of this photograph provides no clue as to the location but it appears to be an open day. However, the lay-out of the static park and the relatively small number of people suggests it is not a Battle of Britain Day. Some unusual aircraft are parked including a Canberra prototype, a Supermarine 510, Hawker P.1052 and the RAE's Mitchell. Washington 469680 (which became WF437) has its RAF tail flash visible and there is an unusual number of civil-registered aircraft present. The date would appear to be 1950.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing B-29 Superfortress - СШАUSA - 1942De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934English Electric / BAE Canberra - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949North American B-25 Mitchell / PBJ-1 - СШАUSA - 1940Supermarine Swift - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Air Pictorial 1957-01

The P.1052 is an interesting machine and was built primarily as a research aircraft to investigate the behaviour of swept-back wings at low speeds. As the drawing shows the 1052 made use of a similar fuselage to the Hawker Seahawk, but the wing was swept back 35 degrees. The first prototype (VX272) was used to gain experience with the operation of swept-wing aircraft from aircraft carriers. At the request of the Royal Navy, Hawker Aircraft fitted the swept tailplane, and the machine was used for tests with the new empennage. Vortex generators were fitted to the top surfaces and these, with the sweep-back, improved longitudinal stability and all-round performance. The acorn fairing was used for the study of area-rule as early as 1950, although it was not known as such then.

Air International 1982-08 / Fighter A to Z

The P.1081 was an experimental fighter derivative of the P.1052 swept-wing research aircraft.