Furia del Mare degli Hawker | |
|---|---|
| Paese | Regno unito |
| Periodo | Seconda guerra mondiale |
| digitare | Cacciatore |
| Descrizione | Album de 23 foto walk-around del cacciatore "Hawker Sea Fury" |
Galleria fotografica su una furia marina hawker, The Furia del Mare était un chasseur britannique développé pour la Royal Navy par le constructeur Hawker-Siddeley durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il fut le dernier appareil à hélice de la Royal Navy, l’un des plus rapides monomoteurs à pistons jamais construit, et le dernier chasseur à hélice à abattre un avion à réaction. Le Furia Hawker fu il successore del Tifone Hawker e della Tempesta Hawker. La Fury fu progettata nel 1942 dal famoso Sidney Camm in risposta ad una gara d'appalto della Royal Air Force per sostituire la Tempest II. Progettato come una "Tempesta più leggera", il suo predecessore usava un'ala semi-ellittica rivettata al centro della fusoliera. La fusoliera stessa era simile a quella della Tempesta, ma completamente monoscafo e con una cabina di pilotaggio elevata per fornire una migliore visibilità al pilota.
fonte: Hawker Sea Fury su Wikipedia
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The Hawker Sea Fury was a British carrier-borne fighter-bomber developed during World War II, though it entered service shortly after the war ended. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy and is considered one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built.
Key Specifications (Sea Fury FB.11)
| Feature | Detail (FB.11 Variant) |
|---|---|
| Ruolo | Carrier-based Fighter-Bomber |
| Produttore | Hawker Aircraft Limited |
| Equipaggio | 1 Pilot (Trainer T.20 variant had 2) |
| Max Takeoff Weight | Approx. 5,670 kg (12,500 lb) |
| Apertura alare | 11.7 m (38 ft 4¾ in) – Wings Folded for carrier storage |
| Motopropulsore | 1 × Bristol Centaurus 18-cylinder radial engine, ~2,480 hp |
| Velocità massima | Approx. 740 km/h (460 mph) at 5,500 m (18,000 ft) |
| Armamento principale | 4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk.V cannons (wing-mounted) |
| External Ordnance | Up to 908 kg (2,000 lb) of bombs or 16 × 3 inch rockets |
Operational History Highlights
The Sea Fury had a distinguished, albeit short, front-line career, most notably:
- Korean War: It was heavily used by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for ground attack and interdiction sorties.
- Jet Kill: On August 9, 1952, a Sea Fury FB.11, flown by Lieutenant Peter Carmichael, famously shot down a Soviet-built MiG-15 jet fighter, a rare event for a propeller aircraft in the jet age.
- Final Piston Fighter: It was the last piston-engined fighter to serve in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm before being replaced by early jet fighters like the Hawker Sea Hawk.
Air Racing: Heavily modified Sea Furies remain extremely popular and successful participants in modern air races, such as the Reno Air Races, often setting speed records for piston-powered aircraft.
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