Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Hawker Sea Fury
Bill Maloney 1/22/2010 |
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Hawker Sea Fury at the Canada Aviation Museum |
Length: 34 feet, 8 inches
Wingspan: 38 feet, 4 inches
Height: 15 feet 10 inches
Crew: 1
Weight: Empty - 9,200lbs Takeoff - 12,500lbs
Max Speed: 460mph at 18,800 feet
Cruise Speed: 390mph
Range: 700 miles on internal fuel, 1,040 with external drop tanks
Service Ceiling: 35,800 feet
Fuel Capacity: 250 gallons internally, 220 externally
Powerplant: Bristol Centaurus 18 Cylinder Radial Engine engine 2,480hp
Armament:
Four 20mm Hispano Mk V wing mounted cannon
Up to 2,000lbs of bombs & rockets
First Flight : October 1945
Here's a Hawker Sea Fury Youtube video showing the fighter running up it's Napier Sabre engine and doing several flybys at an air show. One more Youtube Sea Fury Video of a Fury doing an engine startup and takeoff. The sound is somewhat muted on this video. This Sea Fury Youtube footage is much better quality and shows the Fury taxiing, taking off, and doing flybys.
This particular Hawker Sea Fury was privately owned and since I visited the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum it was sold off to a buyer overseas.
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