Hawker Typhoon and Tempest: A Formidable Pair

by Philip Birtles

With the technology of the Hurricane being at the end of the biplane combat aircraft era, there was an urgent requirement for a modern fighter with a capability ahead of the anticipated German fighter development for the Luftwaffe. The Hawker design team lead by Sydney Camm created the all-metal stressed skin structure Typhoon powered by the revolutionary Napier Sabre engine. Whereas the Hurricane had been developed in peacetime, the Typhoon was designed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781556903
• ISBN13: 9781781556900
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Fonthill Media
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.8"