Hawker's Secret Cold War Airfield: Dunsfold: Home of the Hunter and Harrier

Explores Dunsfold Aerodrome's pivotal role in testing iconic aircraft like the Hunter, Harrier, and Hawk.

In 1948, Hawker Aircraft, faced with new jet projects that could not use their existing airfield at Langley, began the process of searching for alternative accommodation for their flight-testing requirements. It would, however, take three hard years before Dunsfold Aerodrome would be made available by a reluctant Air Ministry and the company was able to launch its first jet aircraft desi...