Hawker Hunter | The British Phoenix that raised from its ashes again and again

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  • @WeaponDetective
    @WeaponDetective  Рік тому +7

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    • @misterbig9025
      @misterbig9025 Рік тому

      11:43 China never had Il-4 during China India war of 1962

  • @bengtmowitz5012
    @bengtmowitz5012 Рік тому +44

    One of the most beautiful aircrafts ever built!

    • @curiouscaesar6813
      @curiouscaesar6813 Рік тому +3

      Most beautiful I would say 🙂

    • @DocTommy1972
      @DocTommy1972 Рік тому +2

      Yes it looks like a baby V-bomber

    • @sarkybugger5009
      @sarkybugger5009 Рік тому +1

      @@curiouscaesar6813 And I would agree with you. Those lines...

    • @Aeronaut1975
      @Aeronaut1975 Рік тому

      *Aircraft. There's no such word as "aircrafts".

  • @purpelfrog761
    @purpelfrog761 6 місяців тому +4

    Thanks first of all, some great hunter footage. One difference of opinion though. The Hunter, with its swept wings plus axial flow turbojet must surely be considered second generation, replacing Meteor/Vampire/Venom first gen fighters in front line squadrons. I do appreciate the dividing lines cn be little fuzzy, but Hunter was a clear step forward from its centrifugl flow powered forerunners.

  • @SuperChodot
    @SuperChodot Рік тому +15

    The most beautiful fighter from the rocket age.

  • @tonywise198
    @tonywise198 Рік тому +5

    It was good that you explained "Sabrinas". Most commentators gloss over it. I worked on F6 and FGA9 Hunters in my time in the RAF. As an armourer, I must have removed and fitted Gun Packs - and therefore the Sabrinas - thousands of times.

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 11 місяців тому

      Makes me think the ladies wish they could remove and refit their sabrinas as the situation dictates.

  • @nigeh5326
    @nigeh5326 Рік тому +8

    One of the best looking jets ever built imo.
    ‘If it looks right it is right’ 😊👍

  • @isamjaser5067
    @isamjaser5067 Рік тому +7

    My late father Capt Zayyad .J
    Shot down one mirage IIICJ on 13/SEP/1966

  • @Rafael-nz6pp
    @Rafael-nz6pp Рік тому +7

    Thank you for the video and the research. Great presentation as usual!
    But i have a request, if i may. Please don't stretch the images to fit the screen. It is such a beautiful airplane, the original format would give it mor justice.
    Thanks again

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 11 місяців тому +1

      Normally I’m weird about criticizing a content creator regarding presentation, but I don’t disagree. Maybe a zoomed in view? At the expense of top and bottom visual cues?

  • @LOGISTICS1987
    @LOGISTICS1987 Рік тому +11

    The clips of the Indian Air force hunters that the video uses comes from the Indian film border which is based on the battle of longewala a battle within the wider war of 1971 between India and Pakistan for the liberation of Bangladesh

    • @nikhildeshmukh3709
      @nikhildeshmukh3709 Рік тому

      these people do not know what they are talking about the IAF did not suffer the losses ascribed to by this channel.

  • @chandrachurniyogi8394
    @chandrachurniyogi8394 Рік тому +3

    between 1963 - 1996 the Indian Air Force operated 133 Hawker Hunter Mk56 multi role interdictor strike fighter & 58 Hawker Hunter Mk56 FGA9 multi role ground attack fighter . . . the Hawker Hunter Mk56 multi role interdictor strike fighter being a day time only multi role fighter severely limited it's capabilities, especially during war time situation that required 100% battle ready preparedness . . . the air force received it's first ever supersonic day/night all weather multi role fighter in 1962 . . . the Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-21FL multi role air dominance fighter (NATO : Fishbed) from Russia . . . over time & evolving technology some Hawker Hunter Mk56 multi role interdictor strike fighter airframes were modified with back lit cockpit instruments for night time air-to-ground strike missions & pilots wore NVGs but that only achieved very very limited success . . .

  • @Boolag01
    @Boolag01 Рік тому +2

    Hearing the Blue note during a high speed pass is something I’ll never forget about the hunter.

  • @cilenealmeida4950
    @cilenealmeida4950 Рік тому +9

    Otimo video o Hawker Hunter e belissimo caça favor se possivel fazer video do Hawker Sea Hawk
    Um abraço de fã do canal
    Sou do Brasil

  • @habahan4257
    @habahan4257 Рік тому +6

    Excellent video. I love the way you make the video, it's unique. Green Leader is indeed legendary. Referring to the blisters as Sabrinas is hilarious.

    • @tonywise198
      @tonywise198 Рік тому +1

      That is exactly what we called them (ex-RAF Armourer)

  • @megafurax2614
    @megafurax2614 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the video.

  • @hanshaller2893
    @hanshaller2893 8 днів тому +1

    Wir in der Schweiz hatten weit ueber 100 Hunter im Einsatz und diese Maschine hat sich immer sehr gut bewaehrt.

  • @theguywiththewhistle
    @theguywiththewhistle Рік тому +3

    In 2023 you can still see ex-Swiss Mk-58 Hunters flying over California in regular use with the private ATAC company.

  • @The_ZeroLine
    @The_ZeroLine Рік тому +2

    Oh, just a little note: Green Leader was flying a Canberra. There were Hawker Hunter flying alongside him though.

  • @billgiles3261
    @billgiles3261 8 місяців тому

    I worked on F6, F9, and T7 versions for about 10 years as an airframes technician. Loved the old bird. Sadly never got to fly in one.

  • @MM22966
    @MM22966 Рік тому +2

    S-A-B-R-I-N-A...
    Had to make sure I got that right. I'm a big fan of, uh, 30mm cannons.

    • @tonywise198
      @tonywise198 Рік тому

      Sabrinas as they are two bumps on the body to collect empty links, as per two "bumps" on the front of the girl Sabrina. The brass was ejected. On the ranges at El Adem (Libya) locals would chase after the brass while the guns were firing!!

  • @The_ZeroLine
    @The_ZeroLine Рік тому +1

    This is the most practical British machine ever made and it’s a fighter jet.

  • @JamesLaserpimpWalsh
    @JamesLaserpimpWalsh Рік тому +6

    You can see the harrier or parts of it in all these prototypes. You can see where its famous shapes came from.

    • @MM22966
      @MM22966 Рік тому +2

      I was actually thinking the front end looked like a Vulcan bomber.

  • @sw40c
    @sw40c Рік тому +2

    Actually, Zimbabwe has two still in service as of 05/18/23!

    • @baronvonklik7159
      @baronvonklik7159 11 місяців тому +1

      Would be most surprised if anything still works in Zimbabwe.

  • @well-blazeredman6187
    @well-blazeredman6187 Рік тому +2

    I enjoyed my flight as a passenger in one.

  • @FortuneZer0
    @FortuneZer0 Рік тому +4

    8:24 I recognize "Wehrhafte Schweiz" everytime.

  • @PeterNebelung
    @PeterNebelung 10 місяців тому +1

    Why are you calling it 1st gen?? It was a major step ahead of all the early post war fighters. I'd say 2nd.

  • @SimonAmazingClarke
    @SimonAmazingClarke Рік тому +3

    Definitely a second generation fighter. The Meteor and Vampire were gen one.

    • @poil8351
      @poil8351 Рік тому

      i kind of thought the vampire and venom were more generation 1.5 than 1 unlike the metor, more advanced but still very early.

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 11 місяців тому +1

      Depends on the category used. The Baker method in use now considers the Hunter Gen1.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fighter_generations

  • @chandrachurniyogi8394
    @chandrachurniyogi8394 Рік тому +1

    back in the 1960s & 1970s all the way through to 1990 the Indian Air Force operated a fleet of 183 brand new Hawker Hunter F6A Mk56 multi role fighter and 128 Hawker Hunter FGA9 Mk56A multi role ground attack fighter . . . at the time the only grouse with the Hawker Hunter FGA9 Mk56A multi role fighter was the fact that it couldn't be flown at night . . . this severely impeded IAF's ability to retaliate in a aerial attack by the enemy . . . in addition to the 4 forward fuselage mounted 30 MM Aden revolver internal cannon all Indian Hawker Hunter FGA9 Mk56A multi role ground attack fighter could also be armed with SNEB 68 MM Matra rocket pods & AIM-9E Sidewinder infrared guided (Block III) air-to-air missile attached to under wing weapons hard points . . . it is said that upgraded Hawker Hunter FGA9 Mk56A multi role ground attack fighter of the Indian Air Force could also be armed with French made AS.20 MCLOS guided medium range air-to-surface missile & AS-30L semi-active laser homing guided air-to-surface missile . . . not to mention AS37 Martel radar guided anti-radiation missile . . . however this fact has been disputed for a long time & still ongoing even years after the Hawker Hunter FGA9 Mk56A multi role ground attack fighter was retired from active service in 1990 . . .

  • @jaws848
    @jaws848 4 місяці тому

    The Royal Navy also had an Aerobatic team equipped with it....the "Blue Herons" flown by civilan pilots attached to the F.R.A.D.U.....the Fleet Requirements And Direction Unit

  • @neildonaldson3408
    @neildonaldson3408 Рік тому +1

    Very good but please can we do without the dreadful music.

  • @ronjon7942
    @ronjon7942 11 місяців тому

    There are some angles where the Hunter is ‘meh,’ but most are ‘wah! Beautiful!’
    I guess I’m similar with the F-35; I just don’t think it looks good from either profile, but the top-down and bottom-up views are pretty vicious looking. Must be the stealth nose.

  • @cvillalobos27
    @cvillalobos27 2 місяці тому

    Our true Freedom Fighter, despite having F-5s too, although the latter arrived later

  • @vivekshukla9093
    @vivekshukla9093 Рік тому +2

    ❤❤❤

  • @engchoontan8483
    @engchoontan8483 Рік тому

    Modern Drone/UAV, exterior shape and design and cost-price. Tandem T7/T8 with extra intake modifications for multirole long-range subsonic strategies. Cockpit(itself) and new-intakes(itself, themselves) to form air-compressing funnel(together).

  • @coment0_138
    @coment0_138 Рік тому

    Whats the kill rate of the hawker hunter?

  • @patriotenfield3276
    @patriotenfield3276 Рік тому

    IMO the hunters should have been redesigned for more ground attack roles like what the Chinese did with their J-6 and created the Nanchang Q5.

    • @nigeh5326
      @nigeh5326 Рік тому +1

      They were redesigned as ground attack and used as such by various countries.
      Eventually the airframes and engines run out of hours and become uneconomical to fly compared to other aircraft.

  • @sdaiwepm
    @sdaiwepm Рік тому

    5:28 Ouch.

  • @titanworld8318
    @titanworld8318 2 місяці тому

    Hunter engine sound is unique, call “Blue notes” sounds like a Ferrari on steroid. Its 4 Aden 20mm cannon is devastating.

  • @The_ZeroLine
    @The_ZeroLine Рік тому +1

    Took me a second to get why they called the canon blisters “Sabrinas.” Gross AND hilarious.

    • @tonywise198
      @tonywise198 Рік тому

      Sabrinas were empty link containers).

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 11 місяців тому

      Gross? What??

  • @Bazookatone1
    @Bazookatone1 Рік тому

    Why did the US government fund the production fo the Hunter for Denmark, Belgium and Holland, rather than a US design?

  • @bombfog1
    @bombfog1 Рік тому +1

    I enjoy you’re channel, however, your mic makes my ears bleed. How much is a decent mic? If it’s a few hundred US dollars, I’ll happily order one for you. Please let me know.

    • @WeaponDetective
      @WeaponDetective  Рік тому +3

      Thanks for your interest. Since there were also complaints before, we changed our microphone three times. However, we are still taking complaints. Unfortunately, we couldn't find what the problem is.

  • @Tordogor
    @Tordogor Рік тому +4

    So, lf the Hunter is a First Generation Jet Fighter, are the Me-262A Schwalbe, Gloster Meteor, DH Vampire, Dassault Mystere, Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star Zeroth Generation Jet Fighters?
    You are pretty confused generationally on Jet Fighters ... 👎

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 11 місяців тому

      Depends on the category used. The Baker method in use now considers the Hunter Gen1. Rudeness isn’t welcome, do your homework.

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 11 місяців тому

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fighter_generations

  • @kalui96
    @kalui96 Рік тому +4

    Oh yeah? Well, my plane has bigger Sabrinas than yours! HA!!

  • @ronjon7942
    @ronjon7942 11 місяців тому

    Sabrinas? I see a guy at 6:10 up to his shoulders between the Hunter’s ‘sabrinas’ 😮 but I don’t see the correspondence twixt the Hunter and the starlet at 6:17…could it be her eyes, her classy wave, she’s a fox ‘Hunter’ on horseback? No…must be her jewelry.🙄

  • @misterbig9025
    @misterbig9025 Рік тому

    Did MiG-21 do better than Hawker Hunter? MiG-21 shot down American F-4 Phantoms

  • @dineshsingh-gb6un
    @dineshsingh-gb6un Рік тому

    Tub bat alag thi 1965 me tub jadatur plane naye the

  • @dineshsingh-gb6un
    @dineshsingh-gb6un Рік тому

    To bude aaramse yuddh beetgaya

  • @aregularperson7573
    @aregularperson7573 Рік тому +1

    HA HA PRESIDENTIAL PALACE GOES BOOM

  • @patrickporter6536
    @patrickporter6536 Рік тому

    Rose

  • @dineshsingh-gb6un
    @dineshsingh-gb6un Рік тому

    Yahi to India pe the britishke

  • @oldschoolfoil2365
    @oldschoolfoil2365 11 місяців тому

    It's not the most successful british aircraft design. absolute rubbish Look at the airshow disaster wouldn't of happened back in the pre ww2 days of design the brits utilized

  • @yarmud
    @yarmud Рік тому +1

    Nothing legendary about post ww2 british weapons. Marketing success yes, weapon legend no!

    • @PeteCourtier
      @PeteCourtier Рік тому +5

      Old boy, British aeroplanes are the best in the world. Superlative, beautiful and a statement of excellence.
      Pip pip.

    • @tigerland4328
      @tigerland4328 Рік тому +6

      Canberra,Lightening,Shackleton,hunter ???....not to mention the harrier

    • @yarmud
      @yarmud Рік тому

      @@tigerland4328 replace them with any other average asset around the world for every other mission they participated you get better results. Examples prove my point, not opposes it.

    • @tigerland4328
      @tigerland4328 Рік тому +5

      @@yarmud I wouldn't agree with that. The lightening was a very good interceptor on a par with its US & Soviet counterparts and the harrier in particular was unlike any other combat aircraft of its time. I'd say British aircraft design went down in the 70's as from them on the UK quite wisely started to do joint projects with other nations that produced good aircraft (jaguar,tornado etc)

    • @philosuileabhain861
      @philosuileabhain861 Рік тому +7

      @@yarmud Falklands 82. Sea Harrier losses (0) vs IAI Dagger A losses (11). Add to that FMA IA 58 Pucará losses (1), A-4Q Skyhawk Navy losses (3), Mirage IIIEA losses (1) and finally B.Mk62 Canberra losses (1). All on an untested type thousands of miles away from home on enemy turf for ZERO losses due to enemy action. Looks pretty legendary to me TBH. What other asset - as you put it - even compares to the Harrier? There's nothing until the F35. Even the Russians (USSR) took till 87 to even get a VTOL flying.
      A Challenger Mk I with the callsign 11B fired at an Iraqi MBT from a distance of more than 5,100 meters - just above three miles - with an APFSDS round, the longest confirmed tank-on-tank kill ever. No “Dorchester” armoured Challenger 2 has ever been knocked out of action by any anti-tank weapon (even US “friendly fire”) despite multiple hits. Again tested in battle not in YT pissing competitions. Also looks pretty legendary to me too. The average assets (T72s) in the Iraqi army got destroyed or just ran away PDQ!
      The Avro Vulcan (came just 11 years after Avro Lancaster) that in exercises nuked the USA TWICE not to mention performed the longest bombing raids in history during the Falklands in 82, Operation Black Bucks 1-7. A feat only recently equalled during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 by US B2s in Afghanistan. Pretty legendary too! Comparison to the Vulcan when it first came into service...Nothing really!