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Fairey Fulmar
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·first flew 1940· carrier-based reconnaissance/fighter aircraft
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Fulmar prototype: TSRL· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 15 Fairey Fulmar I (15812158306): San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The Fairey Fulmar is a British carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft/fighter aircraft which was developed and manufactured by aircraft company Fairey Aviation. It was named after the northern fulmar, a seabird native to the British Isles. The Fulmar served with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during the Second World War.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · retractable tailwheel (taildragger) · 14.1 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 86 years ago, in 1940.
- Top speed is 3.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1940-01-04
- introduced
- 1940
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 600
- role
- carrier-based reconnaissance/fighter aircraft
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Fairey Aviation Company
- engines
- 1× Rolls-Royce Merlin 30
- crew
- 2
- length
- 12.2 m
- wingspan
- 14.1 m
- height
- 4.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,627 kg
- top speed
- 438 km/h
- cruise speed
- 378 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 8,291 m
- wings
- low wing
- landing gear
- retractable conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1393180, Wikipedia: Fairey Fulmar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.