Hawker Tomtit 1931 to 1939
HAWKER TOMTIT
Company:
Hawker
Wing Span:
28 ft 6 in 7.32 m
Wing Area:
238.0 Sq ft 22.1 sq m
Length:
23 ft 8 in 7.21 m
Height:
8 ft 4 in 2.54 m
Ceiling:
19,500 ft 5.944 m
Speed: at 1,000 ft
124 MPH 200 KPH 106 Knots
Range:
350 Miles 563 Km 300 NMl
T/O Weight:
1,750 lb 794 kg
Crew:
1 Pilot
1 Student or Passenger
Role:
Elementary Trainer
Intermediate Trainer
Advanced Trainer
Light Comms
Total Manufactured:
25
First Flight:
1928
Armament:
Nil
Qty Served:
4
Years Served:
1931 to 1939
Tail Nos:
NZ 50 to NZ 53
ENGINE
Type:
Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose
5 cylinder, single row, air-cooled, radial
Bore:
5 in 127 mm
Stroke:
5.5 in 139.7 mm
Volume:
540 cu in 8.8 L
Horse Power:
150 HP
Max RPM:
1,750 RPM
Fuel:
77 octane
Length:
36.6 in 930 mm
Diameter:
45.6 in 1,16 0 mm
Weight:
340 lb 154 kg
Power to Weight Ratio:
0.4 hp/lb 0.67 KW/Kg
TTS = Trade Training School
Inst = Instructional Non-Flying Airframe
TAF = Territorial Air Force
NZ 50
Shipped to Lyttleton
Trucked to Wigram for assembly 24 Feb 1931
Converted to Inst 10 by NZ Railways TTS Addington, Christchurch
To TTS Rongotai Sep 1940
NZ 51
Shipped to Lyttleton
Trucked to Wigram for assembly 24 Feb 1931
Damaged in a landing collision with a Moth
At Hobsonville 29 Mar 1932
The A/C collided about 10 ft from the ground, the
Tomtit did not fly again until 1936
Converted to Inst 8 by NZ Railways TTS Hutt Valley, Wellington
NZ 52
Shipped to Lyttleton
Trucked to Wigram for assembly 24 Feb 1931
Converted to Inst 8 by NZ Railways TTS Hillside, Dunedin
To TTS Rongotai Sep 1940
To Wairarapa
NZ 53
Shipped to Lyttleton 24 Feb 1931
Trucked to Wigram for assembly
Converted to Inst 13 by NZ Railways Technical School
Otahuhu, Auckland
To TTS Rongotai Sep 1940
To ATC Murchison
To Rongotai broken up 1943
Flown By:
Flying Training at Wigram
TAF at Wigram
Photos Ohakea Museum
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Biplanes are cool, full stop. I don't care how backwards their radial engine technology is by modern standards, or how rudimentary the controls, or how spartan the cockpit.
Personal dream: A modernized Nieuport 11 under ultralight aircraft regs.
These were well before my time. The C47 / DC3 was one of the best to work on and fly in, as far as a radial engine was concerned, as long as you weren't in a great hurry.
For the bi-planes, the best I ever flew / in was the tiger moth, it was possible to fly it backwards even.
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Well, based on the content of your posts and the mere fact that you are alive, I didn't figure you were from the WW1 generation anyway. :D
I do think the Sopwith Camel and Fokker Dr.I get more attention than they deserve among WW1 biplanes, and the French had some sound designs that deserve more recognition.
I just feel like it sometimes.At least I don't have semi-burnt castor oil flying back into my face every flight. No wonder the pilots lost weight while flying,
Each air force had a development that took them to the top, then the others would find a fix to that superiority and then invent their own advance.
One of the greatest was the ability to fire between the blades of the propellors rotation, without hitting the blades.