Hawker Tempest - Britain's Apex Fighter

Sorry for the long wait for this video, things will pick up now, once again. Next will be a Japanese aircraft, one that is less known. Until then, thank you for watching.

David Fairbanks was my uncle. I thank you for this video, in the name of "The Terror of the Rhine"

This video leaves no stone unturned. Sixteen and a half minutes and just about every question I have about this aircraft has been answered. Well done.

Camm designed the Typhoon wingmin line with a NACA report of 1938 which stated that laminar-flow wungs had no benefit over traditional shapes. But a year later it was noticed that turbulence in NACA's windtunnel was affecting the results of aerofoil tests. The efficiency of some of the aerofoil shapes were wrong and NACA put out a revised report with the efficency figures corrected. But it was now too late for a redesign of the Typhoon. Source: Aeroplane, December 2021.

In fact not only did the Tempest pilots manage to shooting down both the Me-262s and Ar-234s but one Tempest pilot Flg Off Geoffrey Walkington from RAF 222 squadron did manage to shot down a Heinkel he-162 from 3./jg1 on the 19 April 1945 he was the only Allied pilot to be credited with a He-162 kill of WW2.

For those not familiar with the Typhoon, the structural problem was resolved with "fishplate" strengtheners on the rear fuselage. Later production models also had larger area Tempest tailplanes, and a four blade propeller. AFAIK the Sabre engine could set on fire on start up and there had to be fire extinguishers on standby. The info on the thick chord wing was interesting. It was of course similar to the slower Hurricane. Sidney Camm and his Hawkers team were tops imho!

Just 2 weeks ago I was standing right next to a Tempest MK2 that will soon be airworthy. It will be the only one flying in the world. Big and beautiful bird! It's at the KF Center for Excellence, in Kelowna British Columbia Canada. They also have a de Havilland Mosquito, one of 4 flying worldwide.

Many years ago I knew a former RAF pilot who was one of the first to fly the Typhoon when it entered service. His squadron had been told about the shortcomings of the aircraft and the 'Do Not Exceed' speed in a dive. Being a bit of a lad, he wanted to see what happened if he did. He woke up in hospital with multiple injuries and his commander informed him that, due to the known tail weakness plus the 'compressability' problem, his aircraft had shaken itself to bits and he was recovered from the wreck that consisted of the engine, it's mounting frame and what was left of the cockpit. Everything behind the seat and both wings were gone! Needless to say he was given a desk to fly for the rest of the war!

The Hawker 'family' of fighter planes really begins with the Fury, Fury II, and High-Speed Fury biplanes. A revision of this aircraft led to the monoplane Hurricane, with parallel Henley and Hotspur (a turret fighter). The Hurricane was replaced with the Typhoon and the parallel Tornado, which trialled some major improvements, both of these fed into the first Typhoon II and Tempests. The last planes in this family are the smaller Fury and Sea Fury. The next design to fly was the entirely new Hawker Hawk jet, with the Sea Hawk being the more successful design, flying into the 1970s with the Indian Navy.

This is the first video of yours I have watched and you did well. You are not a native English speaker but your accent is confident, authoritative and very impressive. I look forward to more of your content!

At last !!, an easy to understand , and informative video about The Hawker Tempest , and why it came to be , and why the MK5 preceded the MK2

Thank you! Informative and the artworks cool. Of course as an englishman the Spit flows in our veins...as an aviation enthusiast it's great to see the Tempest get the recognition it deserves.

I have always wondered about the difference between a Tempest and a Typhoon.. Thanks for clearing that up ♥️ Great upload

I liked very much the archive pictures, especially that of the great Pierre Closterman with his Grand Charles. Great video!

In the book "I fought you from the skies" by Willi Heilman who was a FW 190 pilot on the wester front during WWII feared seeing the Tempest. He was moved to the Dora model after they were supplied, Squadron 54 the "Green Hearts". Novotny was his Co. until he was moved to the Me262 and Willi became the Sq. leader. The only fighters he and his mates hated were the P-47, later model Spitfires and Tempests. P-51's were easy meat, P-38's were also and Typhoons included but the other three were the only ones they hated to go up against. The Tempest, although in small numbers, was a considerable enemy.

This is an excellent video. Meticulous details and tremendous photograph research make this both educational and entertaining.

Solid video. Enjoyed the parts on its combat history and how it was organized into wings and such.

Great video thanks, special compliments to the narration. Great pacing and content. So many videos have crazy fast voiceovers. Yours is perfect. ❤❤

Been waiting on a new video. Your videos are the best overview of WWII aircraft on YouTube I think.

Another great episode, on an interesting aircraft, great graphics too. Looking forward to the next one.😎👍🏻