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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 2032.PDF
FLIGHT Alternative Equip-ment & All - up Weight Four 20 mm guns, 580 rds. ammn., 12,0251b (5455 kg) Four 20 mm guns, 580 rds. ammn., two F/24 cameras, two 90-gallon (409-litre) tanks, 13,615 Ib (6,175 kg) Four 20 mm. guns, 580 rds. ammn., two 1,0001b. (454 kg) bombs, 14,2501 b (6,465 kg) Four 20 mm. guns, 580 rds. ammn., four triplex R.P., 1801b (82 kg) heads, ?3,280 Ib (6,025 kg) Four 20 mm. guns, 580 rds. ammn., two 500 Ib (227 kg) bombs, two triplex R.P., 1801b (82 kg) heads, 13,745 Ib (6,235 kg) Tour 20 mm. guns, 580 rds. ammn., two 45-gallon (204-litre) tanks, six 5in R.P., 601b (27 kg) heads. 13.665 Ib (6,200 kg) Four 20 mm. guns, 580 rds. ammn.. two 45-gallon (204-litre) tanks, two smoke curtain installations, 14,010 Ib (6,355 kg) Mr. " Bill " Humble taxies a Hawker Sea Fury X Centaurus XVIII engine): cf his unsurpassed demonst1 GOODLY HERITi The Hawker Fury and Sea Fury ; Last of a Qreat Line of Airscrew' driven Fighters WHEN '' Indicator'' recently recalled hisimpressions of the Hurricane, he described it asthe first of the "modern" fighters. By impli- cation he justly gave the Hurricane credit for having introduced a classic formula which can be written as: — Low-wing cantilever monoplane of moderate load- ing + retractable undercarriage + flaps + enclosed cock- pit + outboard multi-gun armament = Optimum efficiency in a single-seat fighter with airscrews propul- sion. Nearly eleven years have elapsed since this formula was proven by the prototype Hurricane; meantime the Typhoon and Tempest, the Fury and Sea Fury have confirmed its validity. Having played with great credit its varied operational roles, the Typhoon has gone its way, leaving the Tempest II, V and VI to sustain the Hawker tradition in the Royal Air Force. The Tempest will, in fact, be the last of Mr. Sydney Camm's airscrew-driven fighters to see service with the R.A.F., as current policy does not demand the quantity production of the Fury I. Naval requirements, however, are Mr. Sydney CammO.B.E., F.R.Ae.S.. Chief Designer toHawker Aircraft Ltd. Assistant ChiefDesigner is Mr. R H. Chaplin, B.Sc,F.R.Ae.S 1TI
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