dear PMN1.
I have just a little article I don't remenber from where :
Hawker p 1090 1091
Hawker also considered other supersonic hunter designs. including the p 1090, with a delta wing and an
afterburning Sapphire 4 engine, and, the considerably modified p 1091 which featured a 50° thin wing like
that of the P 1083 an afterburning De Havilland Gyron turbojet, a stretched fuselage to accomodate this
engine,and enlarged intakes to provide adequate engine airflow.
However, aircraft design was advancing rapidly at the time and the powers that be decided, not unreasonably,
that true mach 2 fighters were only a few years away and that there was no point in fiddling around
with improved Hunters.
Althougt some work was done on a p 1083 prototype, the P 1090 and 1091 never got beyond the paper stage
Hawkers turned to more limited improvements.
That all