HAWKER TEMPEST V with SABRE IIA ENGINE: MOST POWERFUL WWII FIGHTER with ADDED VALUE INFO PACK
The Hawker Tempest is a British fighter aircraft primarily used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War. The Tempest, originally known as the Typhoon II, was an improved derivative of the Hawker Typhoon, intended to address the Typhoon's unexpected fall-off of performance at high altitude by replacing its wing with a thinner laminar flow design. Having diverged considerably from the Typhoon, it was chosen to rename the aircraft Tempest. The Tempest emerged as one of the most powerful fighters of World War II and was the fastest single-engine propeller-driven aircraft of the war at low altitude.
Original Publisher: Air Ministry
Original Pub. Date: July 1944
Aeroplane: Tempest V
Engine(s): Sabre IIA
Contents
Part 1: Descriptive
- Introduction
- Main services
- Aircraft Controls
- Engine controls
- Cockpit equipment
- Operational controls
Part II: Handling Instructions
Part III: Operating data
Part IV: Emergencies
Part V: Illustrations
Glossy photo of the aircraft
Fuel system graphic
Glossy fold-out containing 3 detailed cockpit photos