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Hawker Tornado
The Tornado was a parallel design to the Typhoon, with a different engine installation. This troublesome R.R. Vulture engine also caused its abandonment in beginning of 1941. One was converted to test the Bristol Centaurus radial. Four built: two prototypes, one production aircraft, and one prototype with the Centaurus engine.




 Type: Fighter

 Power plant One Bristol Centaurus CE.4S radial engine

 Wingspan 41.9 ft 12.77 m

 Length 32 ft 9.73 m

 Height 14.66 ft 4.47 m

 Weight  10,330 LB 4,685 kg

 Speed 402 mph 647 km/h

 Ceiling 32,800 ft 10,000 m

 Armament 12x 7.7mm machine gun

 Crew One