HAWKER SEA HAWK - PICTURES

HAWKER SEA HAWK

PICTURES - UNDERCARRIAGE

HAWKER SEA HAWK
PICTURES - UNDERCARRIAGE

NOSE GEAR

FGA.6 WV856 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum; the nose gear leg is a blue grey colour (turned to a Sky-like colour by the digital camera I used here). Unusually, the front nose gear door (with the red light on) is shut - it normally hangs down.
Same aircraft again. Some aircraft appeared to have had white undercarriage legs (e.g. Duxford's example has white gear legs). Door and bay interiors are Sky.

PORT MAIN GEAR

Port main gear of the Second World War Preservation Society's FGA.6 (WV798) at Lasham, viewed from behind. Poor photo but shows the top of the leg and the depression on the interior of the lowest of the main gear doors.
Port main gear bay of the same aircraft. A bit of a muddy photo but gives you an idea how 'busy' this area looks. Colouring was generally aluminium (the green you can see is just a reflection of the grass below).

STARBOARD MAIN GEAR

WV856 again; light blue grey gear leg, Sky door interiors. This picture is not at an angle; the mainwheels do indeed tilt inwards like this.
General view underneath the Midland Air Museum's FGA.6 (WV797), showing all the undercarriage. A small door is missing from the main gear, see the next picture. The nose wheel leg castors as you can see! Leg colours on this example are all aluminium. Variety is the spice of life when it comes to Sea Hawk undercarriage, it would seem! The RNHF's example has blue grey legs with aluminium wheel hubs to further complicate matters.
The starboard main gear of WV798 viewed from ahead. Poor photo but shows how the gear doors are arranged.
Starboard main gear bay of the same aircraft. Another poor photo, these early digital cameras weren't much cop! Ah well, at least it means you can see the hub of the port wheel okay. You can see right through the fuselage in the area of the main gear bays - as far as I know this shouldn't be the case, so something is missing on this aircraft.