The Hawker P.1081, known as the Australian Fighter was a British jet aircraft from the mid-twentieth century.

The British aircraft company, Hawker Aircraft submitted a proposal to meet a specification put out by the Australian government. It was for a swept-wing & tail fighter using a Rolls-Royce Tay engine. Work was started to modify the second prototype of the Hawker P.1052 (later to become the Hawker Sea Hawk, VX 279, however as the Tay was not available a Rolls-Royce Nene engine would be used for the prototype aircraft. The rear fuselage of the P.1052 was completely replaced with one having a straight-through jet pipe & swept tail surfaces. The first flight of the P.1081 took place on 19 June 1950, but in November of that year, the Australian project was discontinued. The aircraft was handed over to the Royal Aeronautical Establishment (R.A.E.) and was destroyed in an accident which took the life of the pilot, Squadron Leader Wade. The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... Hawker P.1052 The Hawker P.1052 was similar to the Hawker P.1040 (Hawker Sea Hawk) in most aspects, with the main difference being the wings were swept back at an angle of 35 degrees. ... The Hawker Sea Hawk was a single-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by the Hawker company. ... The Nene or RB.41, was Rolls-Royces third jet engine to enter production, designed and built in an astonishingly short five month period in 1944, first running on October 27th, 1944. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Specifications

• Power Plant - Rolls-Royce Nene RN2 (5000 lbf (22.2 kN) thrust)
• Span - 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
• Length - 37 ft 4 in (11.38 m)
• Height - 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)
• Empty Wt - 11,200 lb (5,080 kg)
• Loaded Wt - 14,480 lb (6,570 kg)
• Max Speed - 604 knots at sea level (1119 km/h)
• Service ceiling - 45,600 ft (13,900 m)

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References

Personal experience in HAL Design Office

"Hawker Aircraft since 1920" by Francis K Mason - pub Putnam - ISBN 0 85177 839 9

See also

Designation sequence: P.1040 - P.1052 - P.1081 - P.1072 - P.1127 The Hawker Sea Hawk was a single-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by the Hawker company. ... Hawker P.1052 The Hawker P.1052 was similar to the Hawker P.1040 (Hawker Sea Hawk) in most aspects, with the main difference being the wings were swept back at an angle of 35 degrees. ... Hawker P.1072 The Hawker P.1072 was a 1949 experimental British aircraft with hybrid turbojet and rocket propulsion. ... The Hawker P.1127 was the development aircraft that led to the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first VTOL jet fighter bomber. ...