Hawker Sea Hawk - Links, References & Credits
Links
- Navy Wings own the world's last flying Sea Hawk - though it's sadly currently grounded.
References - Books
Sea Hawk - From the Cockpit by Michael J. Doust
ISBN 978-0946958573
Published by Ad Hoc Publications, 2007
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One of very few books on the Sea Hawk, at 136 pages a good read and good value. Consists primarily of recollections from pilots and maintainers along with some historical information. Lots of photographs and colour profiles. Definitely worth getting.
Warpaint No.29 - Hawker Sea Hawk by Tony Buttler
ISSN 1363-0369
Published by Hall Park Books Ltd., 2001
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The usual Warpaint fare with development and service history and a good selection of colour profiles and photographs with a smattering of detail photos too.
References - Magazines
- Aeroplane Monthly, September 2002: Database - Sea Hawk; simply a must-buy - development & service history, loads of piccies, scale plans, cutaway... absolutely excellent collection of articles.
- Aircraft Modelworld, August 1985: Sea Hawk by Ken Wixey; article with good development and service history with a good selection of black and white pictures.
- Flight, November 1949: excellent article describing the Sea Hawk with a nice cutaway.
- Flight, 19 February 1954: Sea Hawk in Service. Nice air to air pictures.
- RAF Flying Review, January 1957: article on the Sea Hawk with a nice cutaway drawing.
- Scale Aircraft Modelling, May 1980: Aircraft In Detail article.
Credits
This section would have been greatly the poorer without contributions from the following - so many thanks to (in
alphabetical order):
Paul Burton, Rupak Chattopadhyay, Dick Clements (RIP), Duncan Curtis, Nicolas Godfurnon, Greg Goebel, Garry Lakin, Bob Lawson, Pete McMasters,
Jagan Mohan, Paul Nann, Vijay Simha Reddy, Graham Revill, John Tolland, Christoph Westhaus and Thomas Wilberg.
Thanks also to the following organisations:
Gatwick Aviation Museum, Midland Air Museum, National Museum of Flight, Phoenix Aviation, Ulster Aviation Society and Warbirds of India.