Posted on 02/16/2021 7:46:12 AM PST by Onthebrink
Designed during the Second World War by Hawker Aircraft, the Sea Fury was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy and has the distinction of being one of the fastest production single reciprocating engines built. While few of the aircraft remain today, around a dozen are known to have been modified for air racing, while others remain in use on the air show circuit.
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Looks like a ME109 to me.
“Looks like a ME109 to me.”
Very close, but the wing tips and canopy are a little different.
More like a FW 190.
I never would have seen that comparison. The Sea Fury was a beast, almost P-47 like. 109s were minimalist, dedicated fighters. Like an F-14 compared to an early F-16.
“I never would have seen that comparison. The Sea Fury was a beast,”
I imagine the Sea Fury was a bit larger as well.
My god, not even. At least 4 of them live in Northern California. There was a fellow who flew a Sea Fury on the San Mateo coast a lot; it's a beast of a radial. They would sometimes fly out to sea a few miles and do speed runs at fair-to-middlin' altitude, the sound was gorgeous.
Here's some pix:
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They come in a two seat version, there is a Sea Fury named "Dreadnaught" that's been to the Reno Air Races a few times...
Slide valves work.
The Sea Fury's development was formally initiated in 1943 in response to a wartime requirement of the Royal Air Force (RAF), with the aircraft initially named Fury. As the Second World War drew to a close, the RAF cancelled their order for the aircraft; however, the Royal Navy saw the type as a suitable carrier aircraft to replace a range of increasingly obsolete or poorly-suited aircraft being operated by the Fleet Air Arm. Development of the Sea Fury proceeded, and the type began entering operational service in 1947.
The Sea Fury has many design similarities to Hawker's preceding Tempest fighter, having originated from a requirement for a "Light Tempest Fighter"; both the Sea Fury's wings and fuselage originate from the Tempest but were significantly modified. Production Sea Furies were fitted with the powerful Bristol Centaurus engine, and armed with four wing-mounted Hispano V cannons. While originally developed as a pure aerial fighter aircraft, the definitive Sea Fury FB.11 was a fighter-bomber, the design having been found suitable for this mission as well.
The Sea Fury attracted international orders as both a carrier and land-based aircraft. It was operated by countries including Australia, Burma, Canada, Cuba, Egypt, West Germany, Iraq, and Pakistan. The type acquitted itself well in the Korean War, fighting effectively even against the MiG-15 jet fighter.[1] Although the Sea Fury was retired by the majority of its military operators in the late 1950s in favour of jet-propelled aircraft, a considerable number of aircraft saw subsequent use in the civil sector, and several remain airworthy in the 21st century as heritage and racing aircraft.
Sea Fury - Fly Navy 2017
Yeah, maybe that was what I was thinking of actually.
Actually it was rooted in the FW 190 the Brits captured early in the war
My, that’s a big one!
Heh! (Not Scorpio!)
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