Hawker Sea Fury
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The Hawker Sea Fury is a British single-seat, carrier-capable fighter aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, renowned as one of the fastest piston-engined fighters ever built and used notably during the Korean War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawker Sea Fury canonical | 11 |
| Sea Fury | 2 |
| Hawker Sea Fury (prototypes and early development) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carrier-capable fighter aircraft
ⓘ
piston-engined fighter aircraft ⓘ single-seat fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
naval fighter
ⓘ
propeller-driven fighter ⓘ |
| armament |
bombs
ⓘ
four 20 mm cannon ⓘ rockets ⓘ |
| construction | all-metal airframe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| currentUse | warbird and airshow aircraft ⓘ |
| designedFor | carrier operations ⓘ |
| designer | Sydney Camm ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Hawker Tempest design lineage ⓘ |
| engineType | air-cooled radial piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1947 ⓘ |
| era | late piston-engined fighter era ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1945 ⓘ |
| introduced | late 1940s ⓘ |
| launchCapability | catapult-assisted takeoff ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Hawker Aircraft ⓘ |
| notableEvent | engaged MiG-15 jet fighters during the Korean War ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the fastest piston-engined fighters ever built ⓘ |
| operator |
Iraqi Air Force
ⓘ
Pakistan Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Pakistani Air Force
Royal Australian Navy ⓘ Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ |
| powerplant | Bristol Centaurus radial engine ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
|
| propulsion | single-engine, propeller-driven ⓘ |
| recoveryCapability | arrestor hook landing ⓘ |
| role |
fighter
ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ |
| serviceEntryContext | post-Second World War era ⓘ |
| status | retired from front-line military service ⓘ |
| successorRole | superseded by early jet fighters in front-line service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
approximately 460 knots
ⓘ
approximately 740 km/h ⓘ |
| undercarriage | retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fleet air defence
ⓘ
ground-attack missions ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Korean War ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hawker Sea Fury (prototypes and early development)
this entity surface form:
Sea Fury
subject surface form:
Bristol Centaurus
this entity surface form:
Sea Fury