Hawker Hart Trainer

In Storage Aircraft & Exhibits

This aircraft was built in 1935 by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. After a brief flying career with No. 2 Flying Training School, it was placed in storage in 1938.

The Hawker Hart bomber was faster than most contemporary fighters. It made sense, therefore, to produce a version for advanced pilot training, to prepare pilots for the type of aircraft they would fly operationally. The Hart (Trainer) was used widely by training units from 1933 onwards for the rapidly growing RAF in the years before the Second World War.

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Object number	71/A/1415
Maker name	Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited
Production date	1935
Date in use	NOV 1935-SEP 1943
Associated with	2 Flying Training School (RAF) Sqdn Ldr I.U. McRae Gallaway Flt Lt Walter Bird 24 Maintenance Unit (RAF) 12 Maintenance Unit (RAF) 22 Maintenance Unit (RAF) Air Training Corps (UK) Solway Group of Aviation Enthusiasts Central Flying School (RAF)
Associated places	RAF Digby RAF Brize Norton RAF Ternhill RAF Kirkbride RAF Silloth RAF Henlow RAF St. Athan Biggin Hill RAF Cardington RAF Cosford RAF Scampton
Key events	International Air Fair, Biggin Hill, 1969

Yellow-coloured bi-plane aircraft with RAF roundels, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Starboard side view of Hawker Hart Trainer on a white background., (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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