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When the Hawker Hurricane entered squadron service at the end of December 1937, it heralded a new era of aviation for a Royal Air Force which could now boast the introduction of their first high speed monoplane fighter. From a design perspective, the Hurricane was more evolutionary than revolutionary, taking many of its design characteristic from the successful series of sleek Hawker biplanes which preceded it - in fact, the new fighter was initially referred to as the Fury Monoplane™ project. A clever combination of traditional design and manufacturing techniques, whilst at the same time introducing many firsts™ for a British monoplane, such as an enclosed cockpit, retractable undercarriage and the adoption of eight machine gun armament, the Hurricane could be described as the right British aeroplane at the right time. In the days when speed was the main attribute required in securing superiority of the skies, the Hurricane was the first RAF fighter to exceed 300 mph in level flight, which at that time represented an incredible 100 mph increase over existing biplane fighters already in service.An extremely rugged aeroplane the traditional manufacturing techniques adopted by Hawker designers meant that the Hurricane was less complicated and much cheaper to produce than the revolutionary Spitfire which followed it into service and perhaps of even greater importance, it was easier to repair having sustained combat damage - these aircraft needed to be in the air fighting, not in a hangar being patched up. Despite the Spitfire taking the reputation of being Britain™s saviour during the Battle of Britain, the competent and dependable Hurricane actually accounted for 2/3rds of the RAF™s aerial victories claimed during the Battle of Britain, a fact which arguably makes the Hawker Hurricane the most important aircraft in British aviation history.
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當霍克颶風於 1937 年 12 月底進入中隊服役時，它預示著皇家空軍進入了航空新時代，皇家空軍現在可以自豪地引進他們的第一架高速單翼戰鬥機。 從設計的角度來看，颶風與其說是革命性的，不如說是進化性的，它的許多設計特徵來自於它之前成功的時尚霍克雙翼飛機系列——事實上，這種新型戰鬥機最初被稱為 Fury Monoplane™ 項目。 傳統設計和製造技術的巧妙結合，同時引入了英國單翼飛機的多項第一™，例如封閉式駕駛艙、可伸縮起落架和採用八挺機槍武器，颶風堪稱英國單翼飛機的最佳選擇 飛機在正確的時間。 在速度是確保制空優勢所需的主要屬性的時代，颶風是英國皇家空軍第一種平飛速度超過 300 英里/小時的戰鬥機，這在當時代表著比現有已經服役的雙翼戰鬥機驚人的 100 英里/小時。 一架極其堅固的飛機，Hawker 設計師採用的傳統製造技術意味著颶風比革命性的噴火式噴火式戰鬥機更簡單，生產成本也更低，也許更重要的是，它更容易修復持續的戰鬥損壞 - 這些飛機需要在空戰中使用，而不是在機庫中進行修補。 儘管噴火式戰鬥機在不列顛之戰中享有英國救世主的美譽，但勝任可靠的颶風實際上佔英國皇家空軍在不列顛之戰中取得的空戰勝利的 2/3，這一事實可以說使霍克 颶風是英國航空史上最重要的飛機。
