hawker

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Andy Hill, the pilot of the Hawker Hunter plane that crashed at Shoreham Airshow in 2015, has had a final legal challenge to get his licence reinstated turned down at the High Court in London.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

Hayley Hawker, a council worker who has taken the afternoon off to drive to the capital from Blackwood, joked that "it's hard work being a Wales fan".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

June 2009: Wichita Eagle editorial compares Wichita to Detroit after 13,000 aircraft manufacturing jobs vanish from Spirit, Cessna Aircraft, Hawker Beechcraft and Bombardier Learjet due the global financial crisis.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Founder Nick Hawker was inspired by his Ph.D. on the physics of the pistol shrimp, which snaps its oversized claw to emit shock waves capable of incapacitating fish bigger than itself.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 14, 2023

I was flying over the desert solo in an old Hawker Hart biplane and I had my camera round my neck.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl