Hawker's Secret Cold War Airfield

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 design -the Sea Hawk -into series production for the Royal Navy, closely followed by the superlative Hunter. Hawke