Description With the technology of the Hurricane being at the end of the biplane combat aircraft era, there was an urgent requirement for a modern fighter with a capability ahead of the anticipated German fighter development for the Luftwaffe.
The Hawker design team lead by Sydney Camm created the all-metal stressed skin structure Typhoon powered by the revolutionary Napier Sabre engine.
Whereas the Hurricane had been developed in peacetime, the Typhoon was designed in wartime, w.
Fonthill Media Hawker typhoon and tempest: a formidable pair, hardcover/philip birtles
