Hawker Sea Fury

Hawker Sea Fury
The Hawker Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft developed for the Royal Navy by Hawker during the Second World War. The last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, it was also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built.

The Hawker Fury was an evolutionary successor to the successful Hawker Typhoon and Tempest fighters and fighter-bombers of World War II. The Fury was designed in 1942 by Sydney Camm, the famous Hawker designer, to meet the Royal Air Force's requirement for a lightweight Tempest Mk.II replacement. Developed as the "Tempest Light Fighter", it used modified Tempest semi-elliptical outer wing panels, bolted and riveted together on the fuselage centerline. The fuselage itself was similar to the Tempest, but fully monocoque with a higher cockpit for better visibility. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Fury

Standard power is provided by a Bristol Centaurus XVIIC 18-cylinder twin-row radial engine, producing 2,480 hp

Recordings

Hawker Sea Fury 1

The sound of a Hawker Sea Fury going through its paces at an airshow in the UK.

Sea Fury VR930 at the Shuttleworth VJ Day display on 7-8-05

Sea Fury FB.11 VR930 was delivered to the Royal Navy at RNAS Culham in March 1948, VR930 then spent from May to December of that year in front-line service with 802 Squadron aboard HMS Vengeance and ashore at RNAS Eglinton. Between December 1948 and August 1953 she was held in reserve at various Aircraft Holding Units at Anthorn, Abbotsinch, Sembawang and Fleetlands, undergoing a Category 4 repair at the Royal Naval Aircraft Yard Donibristle before returning to front-line service again with 801 Squadron. Between August 1953 and July 1954 she flew a further 284 hours with the squadron before going to RNAY Fleetlands for reconditioning. - http://www.royalnavyhistoricflight.org.uk/aircraft/seafury.htm

Standard power is provided by a Bristol Centaurus XVIIC 18-cylinder twin-row radial engine, producing 2,480 hp

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Hawker Sea Fury 2 FB.11

Sea Fury VR930 at the Shuttleworth VJ Day display on 7-8-05

Sea Fury FB.11 VR930 was delivered to the Royal Navy at RNAS Culham in March 1948, VR930 then spent from May to December of that year in front-line service with 802 Squadron aboard HMS Vengeance and ashore at RNAS Eglinton. Between December 1948 and August 1953 she was held in reserve at various Aircraft Holding Units at Anthorn, Abbotsinch, Sembawang and Fleetlands, undergoing a Category 4 repair at the Royal Naval Aircraft Yard Donibristle before returning to front-line service again with 801 Squadron. Between August 1953 and July 1954 she flew a further 284 hours with the squadron before going to RNAY Fleetlands for reconditioning. - http://www.royalnavyhistoricflight.org.uk/aircraft/seafury.htm

Standard power is provided by a Bristol Centaurus XVIIC 18-cylinder twin-row radial engine, producing 2,480 hp

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