Hawker Fury
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The Hawker Fury was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of the interwar period, renowned for its speed, agility, and service with the Royal Air Force in the 1930s.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biplane
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| airForceDesignation |
Fury Mk I
ⓘ
Fury Mk I ⓘ
surface form:
Fury Mk II
|
| airframeMaterial | metal-tube fuselage with fabric covering ⓘ |
| armament | two 0.303 inch Vickers machine guns ⓘ |
| category | 1930s British fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| cockpitType | open cockpit ⓘ |
| configuration | single-seat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designer | Sydney Camm ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Hawker Hornet (biplane fighter prototype) ⓘ |
| engineType | liquid-cooled V12 piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredSquadronService | early 1930s ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1931 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1931 ⓘ |
| landingGear | fixed tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ |
| licenseBuiltAs | Ikarus Fury (Yugoslavia) ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Hawker Aircraft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
approximately 335 km/h
ⓘ
over 200 mph ⓘ |
| notableFor |
excellent agility
ⓘ
first RAF fighter to exceed 200 mph in level flight ⓘ high speed for a biplane fighter ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| periodOfRAFService | 1930s ⓘ |
| powerplant | Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| propellerType | two-bladed fixed-pitch propeller ⓘ |
| propulsion | single propeller ⓘ |
| retired | late 1930s ⓘ |
| role | fighter ⓘ |
| serviceEntryOperator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| successor | Hawker Hurricane ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedAs |
front-line fighter
ⓘ
training aircraft in later service ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Air Force
ⓘ
Egyptian Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Egyptian Air Force
Yugoslav Royal Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Yugoslav Air Force
South African Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor | air defence of the United Kingdom in the interwar years ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Italian invasion of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| wingConfiguration | biplane ⓘ |
| wingStructure | single-bay biplane wings ⓘ |
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