Hawker Tempest V – nuotraukos ir vaizdo įrašas

Nuotraukų galerija Hawker Tempest V at The Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon, The Hawker Tempest was a British fighter aircraft primarily used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War. The Tempest was an improved derivative of the Hawker Typhoon, the type originally being known as the Typhoon II, which was intended to address the Typhoon’s unexpected fall-off of performance at high altitude by replacing its wing with a thinner laminar flow design. Having diverged considerably from the Typhoon, it was chosen to rename the aircraft Tempest. The Tempest emerged as one of the most powerful fighters of the World War II and was the fastest propeller-driven aircraft of the war at low altitude.

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The Hawker Tempest V was a British fighter-bomber that saw action in the Second World War. It was developed from the Hawker Typhoon, but had a thinner wing with laminar flow to improve its performance at high altitude and speed. The Tempest V was powered by a 24-cylinder Napier Sabre engine that could produce up to 3,000 horsepower with war emergency power. It had a top speed of 760 km/h at 5,000 meters and a range of 800 km. It was armed with four 20 mm Hispano cannons and could carry two 450 kg bombs or eight rockets.
"Tempest V" buvo vienas galingiausių karo kovotojų ir pasižymėjo žemo lygio perėmimu, ypač prieš V-1 skraidančias bombas. Ji taip pat sėkmingai įtraukė vokiečių reaktyvinius naikintuvus, tokius kaip "Me 262". "Tempest V" pradėjo tarnybą 1944 m. ir iki 1953 m. tarnavo Karališkosiose oro pajėgose, Indijos oro pajėgose, Karališkosiose Naujosios Zelandijos oro pajėgose ir Pakistano oro pajėgose.