Hawker Hunter

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the development period?Late 1940s and early 1950s
2. What is the total production?1,972 aircraft manufactured
3. What made the Hawker Hunter so fast?It had a powerful Rolls‑Royce Avon turbojet engine and swept‑wing design, letting it reach speeds of 727.63 mph in a record flight.
4. When did the Hawker Hunter first fly?A prototype set a world speed record on September 7, 1953, and the Hunter entered RAF service in 1954.

Transonic Flight: Flight regime where an aircraft's speed is close to, but not exceeding, the speed of sound.
Fighter-Bomber: An aircraft designed to perform both air-to-air combat and air-to-ground attack missions.