The Nimrod combined Hawker's land-fighter ideas with naval equipment, float options, arresting gear, and carrier handling requirements. Development moved from private venture through trials, carrier clearance, squadron service, structural revisions, and several export efforts. The reading also tracks stainless-steel experiments, tail changes, and the transition from shipboard flights to numbered squadrons. Its replacement of the six-year-old Flycatcher illustrates how quickly aviation technology and doctrine moved between the wars.
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From Flycatcher to Hawker Nimrod
A company history traces the Nimrod from private-venture development through carrier trials, squadron service, structural improvements, and exports.