Which British aircraft company made the Sea Hawk fighter
Hawker Sea Hawk Hawker Sea Hawk The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its design originated from earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, the Sea Hawk became the company's first jet aircraft. Following acceptance in the RN, the Sea Hawk proved to be a reliable and sturdy workhorse. A considerable number were also produced for the export market and were operated from aircraft carriers in Dutch and Indian service. The last operational Sea Hawks, operated by
Hawker Sea Hawk of the Australian Majestic class aircraft carrier , though these did not enter full squadron service. In 1956, shortly after the termination of the Sea Hawk production line, the Federal Republic of Germany placed an order for 64 aircraft to equip the "Bundesmarine", the Navy of West Germany, having determined the type to represent good value for money. Requiring fair-weather daytime fighter bombers and day time fighters with a bad weather flight capability, these were delivered in two variants, the fair-weather "Sea Hawk Mk 100" and the bad-weather "Sea Hawk Mk 101"; 32 aircraft of each variant were ordered. The