Demon Hind Combination
Owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection, Hawker Hind K5415 (G-AENP) is seen flying with the Collection's 1937 Hawker Demon, K8203 (G-BTVE) at the Collection's 50th Anniversary Air Show.
The British Hawker Hind was an RAF light bomber of the inter-war years produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was a development of the Hawker Hart day-bomber that had been introduced in 1931.
It was purchased by the RAF as an interim aircraft while more modern monoplane bombers such as the Fairey Battle were still in development. Structural elements were a mixture of steel and duralumin with the wings being fabric-covered while the main differences compared to the earlier Hart was a new powerplant, the Rolls Royce Kestrel V, and the inclusion of refinements from the earlier derivatives such as the cut-down rear cockpit developed for the Demon.
The Hind went into service in November 1935 and eventually equipped 20 RAF bomber squadrons. A number were also sold to foreign customers. By 1937, the Hind was being phased out of front-line service, replaced by the Fairey Battle and Bristol Blenheim, and with many of the Auxiliary Air Force squadrons changing role to fighter or maritime patrol units.
The Hawker Demon was a fighter variant of the Hart light bomber. During air defence exercises, the RAF's Siskin and Bulldog fighters were often unable to intercept the new Hart bombers, which were sometimes instructed to restrict their height and speed in order to give the fighters a chance(!), which prompted the development of a fighter variant of the Hart.
The new fighter variant added a second Vickers machine-gun, while the coaming of the rear cockpit was angled to give a better field of fire, and a supercharged Kestrel IS engine was fitted. The Demon's first flight was on 10 February 1933.
305 were built, including 232 for the RAF. The Demon was powered by varying versions of the Kestrel engine. It had an armament of a single rear .303-inch Lewis Gun with two fixed .303-inch Vickers machine-guns in the nose. Many were fitted with a hydraulically-powered turret in the rear gunner's position. Demons were also sold to the RAAF. It saw only second-line operations during the Second World War.
Demon Hind Combination
Owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection, Hawker Hind K5415 (G-AENP) is seen flying with the Collection's 1937 Hawker Demon, K8203 (G-BTVE) at the Collection's 50th Anniversary Air Show.
The British Hawker Hind was an RAF light bomber of the inter-war years produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was a development of the Hawker Hart day-bomber that had been introduced in 1931.
It was purchased by the RAF as an interim aircraft while more modern monoplane bombers such as the Fairey Battle were still in development. Structural elements were a mixture of steel and duralumin with the wings being fabric-covered while the main differences compared to the earlier Hart was a new powerplant, the Rolls Royce Kestrel V, and the inclusion of refinements from the earlier derivatives such as the cut-down rear cockpit developed for the Demon.
The Hind went into service in November 1935 and eventually equipped 20 RAF bomber squadrons. A number were also sold to foreign customers. By 1937, the Hind was being phased out of front-line service, replaced by the Fairey Battle and Bristol Blenheim, and with many of the Auxiliary Air Force squadrons changing role to fighter or maritime patrol units.
The Hawker Demon was a fighter variant of the Hart light bomber. During air defence exercises, the RAF's Siskin and Bulldog fighters were often unable to intercept the new Hart bombers, which were sometimes instructed to restrict their height and speed in order to give the fighters a chance(!), which prompted the development of a fighter variant of the Hart.
The new fighter variant added a second Vickers machine-gun, while the coaming of the rear cockpit was angled to give a better field of fire, and a supercharged Kestrel IS engine was fitted. The Demon's first flight was on 10 February 1933.
305 were built, including 232 for the RAF. The Demon was powered by varying versions of the Kestrel engine. It had an armament of a single rear .303-inch Lewis Gun with two fixed .303-inch Vickers machine-guns in the nose. Many were fitted with a hydraulically-powered turret in the rear gunner's position. Demons were also sold to the RAAF. It saw only second-line operations during the Second World War.