What is a Hawker Fury?

What is a Hawker Fury?

The Hawker Fury was a British biplane fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in the 1930s. It was a fast, agile aircraft, and the first interceptor in RAF service capable of speed higher than 200 mph.

What was the Hawker High Speed Fury k3586 used for?

The Hawker High Speed Fury K3586 when fitted with a Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine. Some 22 ex-RAF aircraft saw service with the SAAF, being used operationally against Italian forces in 1941 and remaining in use as trainers in South Africa into 1942.

What is a Hawker interim fighter?

A single ‘company development and demonstration aircraft’ was built (G-ABSE) and this is sometimes known as the ‘Hawker Interim Fighter’ or ‘Hawker Intermediate Fury’. Progressive development led to the fitting of a range of engines including the Rolls-Royce Kestrel IV, Rolls-Royce Goshawk III and the Rolls-Royce Kestrel VI.

What was the fastest Hawker Sea Fury?

Additionally, the Hawker Sea Fury order was also halved in January 1945. When fitted with a Sabre VII engine, LA610 was the fastest of all Hawker’s piston engine fighters.