AHC: an 1-engined Mach-2 fighter for the RAF

There were also 283 Hunter F Mk 6 aircraft rebuilt to FGA Mk 9 and FR Mk 10 standard that were exported in the 1960s and 1970s.

The RAF also acquired 128 FGA Mk 9 and 33 FR Mk 10. IMHO this is what the single-engine Mach 2 fighter should be built instead of.

That was the P1154.
 
That was the P1154.
P.1154 was to have replaced the Hunter FGA9/FR10.

I suggested that the Mach 2 single-engine fighter be built instead of the Hunter FGA9/FR10.

My personal choices are a development of the Fairey Delta 2 or a further development of the Hawker P.1083. According to Wood in Project Cancelled...
With the subsequent trials of the Hunter with Fireflash and Firestreak air-to-air missiles and airborne radar, and the development of the Hunter two-seater and ground-attack variants almost any task could have been undertaken. Once the basic fuselage with an afterburning engine had been established the wing could have been further refined to allow for even higher speeds. In May 1954, in fact, the Hawker design team started work on a thin-wing Hunter variant, designated P.1102, but this, like P.1083, was still born.

According to the paragraph before the one above WN470 the P.1083 prototype was nearing completion in June 1953, but was cancelled on 13th July 1953.

According to my serial numbers spreadsheet WN470 was completed as XF833, the prototype Hawker P.1099, which led to the Hunter F Mk 6. It made its first flight on 22nd January 1954. WW592 the first production Hunter F Mk 6 made its first flight on 25th March 1955.

The first Hunter FGA Mk 9 flew on 3rd July 1959. The first Hunter FR Mk 10 flew on 7th November 1958.

Based on the above the RAF could have had the P.1083 in service instead of the Hunter F Mk 6 and the P.1102 instead of the Hunter FGA Mk 9 and FR Mk 10.
 
I think we're arguing over the British decision, or lack of a decision/plan, to not build a transonic fighter along the lines of the F100/F8/Super Mystere, Mig 19.

The British decided not to pursue the likes of the supersonic Hunter P1083 that would enter service in ~1958 in order to focus on the mach 2 P1 that would enter service a year later. This does have ripples throughout the British fighter export market but most likely suited British defence needs at the time, poor government decisions notwithstanding.
 

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My personal choices are a development of the Fairey Delta 2 or a further development of the Hawker P.1083. According to Wood in Project Cancelled...

According to the paragraph before the one above WN470 the P.1083 prototype was nearing completion in June 1953, but was cancelled on 13th July 1953.

According to my serial numbers spreadsheet WN470 was completed as XF833, the prototype Hawker P.1099, which led to the Hunter F Mk 6. It made its first flight on 22nd January 1954. WW592 the first production Hunter F Mk 6 made its first flight on 25th March 1955.

The first Hunter FGA Mk 9 flew on 3rd July 1959. The first Hunter FR Mk 10 flew on 7th November 1958.

Based on the above the RAF could have had the P.1083 in service instead of the Hunter F Mk 6 and the P.1102 instead of the Hunter FGA Mk 9 and FR Mk 10.

We have a winner here.

There is no reason a Hunter can't fly faster with the correct aerodynamic tweaking.

A Mirage F1 is essentially an Etendard IV with the same engine, except it has an afterburner.
It also works in reverse: give an Etendard IV an afterburning Atar, and you get a naval Mirage F1 class interceptor (why the French Navy never did that is beyond me).

See also Crusader > A-7E > A-7F

So a transonic fighter can very well evolve into a Mach 2.
 
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