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1948
1948 - 0793.PDF
JUNE 3RD, 1948 FLIGHT •:•:•:•: ••••:•:•;•:•:•:•: :•:•:-:•:•!•:•;•:-:-:•• ••:.:*:-,•:•:•:•;••.:•.•;•,•:.••: Fury Trainer Dual - control Version of a Modern Piston - engined Fighter : A Periscopic Gunsight A thoroughly business-like and exquisitely finished job, the Fury Trainer is a credit equally to the Hawker design and production staffs. The machine depicted is one of four for Iraq. Note the neat fating of the drop tanks. TJ BRITISH designers have achieved a greater measureof success than those of any other country in adaptingfirst-line lighter aircraft for use as dual-control trainers. The Hurricane Trainer, Spitfire Trainer and Fairey Operational Trainer were all developed for specific instructional applications and have lately been followed by the two-seater Meteor VII—the first jet-propelled machine to be equipped solely for training duties. Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., have now produced two dual-trainer vari- ants of their standard Fury fighter, one a land-based ver- sion, as supplied to the Iraqi Government, and the second a fully navalized type for our own Royal Navy. The Naval machine—designated Sea Fury T. Mk. XX— has been built to provide advanced training under the guidance oi aji instructor and to simulate as closely as possible the piloting conditions encountered in the flying and ground handling of high speed fighter-bombers. Intended primarily for the final-conversion stage of instruc- tion on the Sea Fury, the machine meets a definite need for an advanced naval trainer of over 2,000 h.p. A second seat has been added aft of the normal pilot's position, but the field of view from both cockpits is unusually good and the machine retains all the operational characteristics of %b single-seater. The type has been developed from the Sea Fury F. B. Mk. XI with the minimum modification, and Mr. Sydney Camm's design staff have made every effort to duplicate standard Sea Fury features. Thus the wings can be power-folded and there is equipment for deck- landing and accelerated take-off, in addition to provision for R.A.T.O.G. and two 45 or 90-gallon drop-tanks. More- over, two bombs of up to 1,000 lb each can be carried, alternative loads being two 500 lb depth charges, twelve rocket projectiles or other external stores. Two 20-mm guns with 70 rounds each are mounted in place of the usual four mounted in the fighter-bomber. . • ,. - Deck-Landing Instruction -:;!''4 Having gained experience and confidence in the type, the. pupil will be able to deliver mock " strikes " at targets with armament representative of that he will be called upon to use during his operational career with a first-line Sea Fury squadron. His cockpit is an exact replica of the standard fighter layout and the instructor, in the rear seat, has a duplicated set of flying and engine controls and a standard set of instruments. The dual controls are operated through a system of push-pull rods and the ailerons and rudder incorporate Hawker spring tabs. Essential hydraulic controls are duplicated and an oxygen system and electrical inter-communication are standard. Modified Sea Fury outer wings are fitted, the inboard pair of guns being replaced by oxygen bottles in the port ammunition bay, and by an inter-communication set in the starboard bay. Further inboard, the starboard main fuel tank has been removed and I.F.F. and V.H.F. radios substituted. These sets are normally mounted beneath the cockpit floor of the fighter and have been repositioued to suit the dual - control irrangement. Another change is a small increase in the area of the tail- Production Sea Fury T. Mk. XXs will differ from the Iraqi version shown in having a different type of cockpit enclosure, as seen in the 3-view drawing overleaf
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