page_title: Hawker Hunter
section_title: Military operators
hierarchical_section_title: Hawker Hunter / Operators / Military operators
caption_attribution_description: Privately-owned Hawker Hunter T.7 “Blue Diamond” (XL577, G-BXKF) of the Delta Jets fleet, at Kemble Airport Open Day, Gloucestershire, England, September 9th 2007. At speed during the air display. Blue Diamond was built in 1958 for the RAF, and sold to Delta Jets in 1996. She took 6 years to restore to flight. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone and placed in the public domain.
context_page_description: The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine and the swept wing, and was the first jet-powered aircraft produced by Hawker to be procured by the RAF. On 7 September 1953, the modified first prototype broke the world air speed record for aircraft, achieving a speed of 727.63 mph.
  The single-seat Hunter was introduced to service in 1954 as a manoeuvrable day interceptor aircraft, quickly succeeding first-generation jet fighters in RAF service such as the Gloster Meteor and the de Havilland Venom. The all-weather/night fighter role was filled by the Gloster Javelin. Successively improved variants of the type were produced, adopting increasingly more capable engine models and expanding its fuel capacity amongst other modifications being implemented. Hunters were also used by two RAF display teams: the "Black Arrows", who on one occasion looped a record-breaking 22 Hunters in formation, and later the "Blue Diamonds", who flew 16 aircraft.
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caption: Hunter T7 restored by Delta Jets now Vintage Flyers at Kemble Airport, England
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