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1951
1951 - 0755.PDF
.476 FLIGHT, 20 April 195 FIGHTERS... plane and the interesting Vireo monoplane. Handley Page developed a remarkable little slotted and flapped mono- plane, but this was delivered only to the U.S. Navy. The first deck-landing monoplanes to go into service were the Blackburn Skua fighter-dive-bomber, the Blackburn Roc turret fighter, and the Fairey Fulmar, which had eight fixed guns. War-time necessity led to brilliant conversions of the Hawker Hurricane and Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire, the "navalized" versions being the Sea Hurricane and Seafire. Faireys produced the two-seater Firefly in various marks, originally for fighter /reconnaissance duties, though today (Top left) Sopwith Baby seaplane fighter. (Above) Sopwith Pup with experimental skid undercarriage. (Upper right) Sopwith Camel (naval version with one Vickers and one Lewis gun). (Right) Hawker Nimrod. the type is generally employed (as in Korea) for strike duties or on anti-submarine operations. There follow brief details of representative Naval fighters now in use or on order : de Havilland Sea Vampire 20.—Span, 38ft; power plant, de Havilland Goblin 2 turbojet; armament, four 20 mm guns; max. speed, 526 m.p.h. at S.L.; initial rate of climb, 4,300ft/ min. (N.B. The Sea Vampire 21 is an experimental develop- ment for deck-landing without undercarriage, in conjunc- tion with a special rubber deck.) Vickers-Supermarine Attacker 1.—Now in production and shortly to be delivered to squadrons. Span, 36ft uin; flying weight, 11,750 lb; power plant, Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet; armament, four 20 mm guns (plus two 1,000 lb bombs or R.P.s); max. speed, 583 m.p.h. at S.L.; climb to 30,0006, 6.9 min. Hawker Sea Hawk 1.—Now in production. First de- liveries to be made later this year. Span, 39ft; power plant, Rolls-Royce Nene; armament, four 20 mm guns. de Havilland Venom.—Details of the Naval deck-landing version of the Venom two-seater night fighter (de Havilland Ghost turbojet) are not yet released for publication. Hawker Sea Fury 11.—Span, 38ft sin; flying weight, 12,350 lb; power plant, Bristol Centaurus sleeve-valve piston engine; armament, four 20 mm guns (provision made for various external loads, e.g., two 1,000 lb bombs or twelve 60 lb R.P.s); max. speed, 453 m.p.h. at 20,500ft; climb to 30,000ft, 8.65 min; typical range, 1,800 miles. de Havilland Sea Hornet 21.—Span, 45ft; flying weight, 19,360 lb; power plant, two Rolls-Royce Merlin 130/31; armament, four 20 mm guns plus bombs or R.P.s; max. speed, 462 m.p.h. at 22,000ft; initial rate of climb, 4,650 ft/min; typical range, 1,500 miles. radial-engihesbiplane on the right is the GlosterSea Gladiator, with Bristol Mercury engine and four machine guns. The Blackburn Skua (right) was used both as a fighter and as a dive-bomber. The Roc (below it) was a direct development. The armament of the Blackburn Roc (right) was four machine guns — concentrated in the Boulton Paul dorsal turret. Eight fixed, wing-mounted machine guns formed the armament of the Fairey Fulmar fighter (lower right). 'FHfht" photograph TheJaguar-enginedFafr^Flycatcheron the left is seen taking rff tfrmrhr mif rf it hangar—from the lower flight deck of H.M.S. Glorious. Used for fighter)reconnaissance duties, the Hawker Osprey (seen above leaving a cruiser's catapult) was a Kestrel-powered two-seater, with wheels or floats.
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