Hawker
Audax K3055
(c/n
The Audax was a Hart variant used in the Army
co-operation role. Most Audaxes had a
retractable
hook (clearly seen here) under the mainwheels for message
collecting. As the
ergs of the day
put it: An Audax is "a 'Art with a 'ook". Variants of this
variant included
models for both Iraq
and Iran with Pegasus engines (the latter were built under licence in
Tehran) and an Egyptian
model with an Armstrong-Siddeley Panther radial in place of the
standard 525 hp
Rolls Royce Kestrel 1B. Of the 653 produced for the RAF, almost
400
were in inventory in
1939. They were mainly relegated to the trainer role.