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The Hawker Hunter (Complete History) (Hardcover)

by Tim McLelland (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Crecy Publishing (22 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0859791238
  • ISBN-13: 978-0859791236
  • Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 19.6 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 349,536 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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As one of Britain's success stories of post-war aviation, much has been written about the Hunter. So when the author was asked to write this book he decided to pull in as much information as possible and thus produce a `complete history' and believe me, this is quite a tome. The print is as small as is practicable and that is complemented with a large number of illustrations.
As you might expect Tim starts at the very beginning of the story with reference to other high-speed projects including the P.1067, which became the Hunter, We are taken through the teething troubles, and then the service histories of Marks 1 to 5 are described. In this particular chapter there is what must be a less publicised venture, the investigation into the properties of `area rule'. Hunter WT571 was modified for the experiment but was found that little could be gained from it, so it was abandoned. The Mark 6, the so-called `definitive' Hunter comes next, followed by the T.7, FR.10, PR.11 and GR.11.
There are many more chapters, covering, amongst other things, civilian operators, various training units and later overseas operations - nothing seems to have been left out. And if you are a `number cruncher' then Appendix 2 should suit you. With its list of serial numbers and histories it will be unfortunate if you cannot find the aircraft you are looking for amongst this lot.
If you are a model maker then it might be the images that you might find the most useful. As well as dozens of full shot-aircraft views I think you will find many of the close ups of interest. I particularly liked the cockpit shot of a Mk 4.
For the really fastidious you can count the seat rivets and replicate them in you models. There are of course other useful pieces of information amongst the other close-up photographs, eg undercarriage, weapons etc. And, if you want to fly the thing from your armchair then the `Pilot's Notes' will help.
Add to all this the 1/72 scale drawings and pages and pages of colour profiles and you have an automatic addition to you bookshelf.
Highly recommended. --Model Aircraft Monthly


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A superb book that has been thoroughly researched and is a must for the Hunter enthusiast. The history of the development of this fine aircraft is absorbing to say the least. The only thing that is missing is a list of RAF Stations that had the Hunter squadrons based. An excellent book.


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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sir Sydney Camm's finest., 9 Nov 2008
By Mr. Kieron L. Kirk - See all my reviews
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A complete history of the Hawker Hunter, but not too much about the protracted development(a subject that has been done to death in many other books).

Wonderfull memories from some distinguished "Hunter" characters, particularly Flt.Lt Allan Pollock whose memorable "Aniversary" flight across Central London on 5th April 1968 I saw from the Hawker factory at Ham.

Plenty of unknown photographs from a variety of sources(well done Jeff Middleton).

In short, a fine book, well printed. A worthy addition to anyone who has a fascination for this finest of Sydney Camm's aircraft.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced rubbish, 2 May 2009
By Damien Burke (UK) - See all my reviews
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For a 'complete' history much is left uncovered, and this book basically retreads a lot of the territory covered in earlier Hunter books while adding very little new information (and frankly it seems most of the 'new' bits are stuff like the story of the Hunter-through-tower-bridge flight that can be found on the internet). Photographic coverage is very poor - all are in monochrome, often far too small and the reproduction is often muddy and indistinct - I feel sorry for those who contributed photos as there are several that deserved better treatment than this. There is a tiny colour section of profile drawings, errors being obvious on some of them, and some scale drawings (quite why I'm not sure - as a modeller's reference this book is useless, and Paul Bradley's recent Modellers Datafile would be a better use of your money).

A full half of the book is appendices such as lists of serials with laughably brief "histories" of the airframe - published before (notably in Francis K Mason's 'Hawker Hunter - Biography of a thoroughbred'). A far superior and much more detailed listing can be found in David Griffin's 'Hawker Hunter 1951 to 2007'. Another appendix is a copy and paste job describing the aircraft itself (published before) plus a copy and paste job of the Pilots Notes (ditto).

If you already own any significant Hunter books - particularly the Francis K Mason book, this is a total waste of money.
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