Hawker Sea Fury

what is it?

The Hawker Sea Fury is a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker Aircraft. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy. Developed during the Second World War, the Sea Fury entered service two years after the war ended.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 740 km/htop speed
• size 6,645 kgmax take-off weight
• built 864made in total

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 82 years ago, in 1944.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1944-09-01

introduced

1947

retired

1953

status

retired

number built

864

role

naval fighter-bomber

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Hawker Siddeley

engines

1× Bristol Centaurus 18

crew

1

length

10.6 m

wingspan

11.7 m

height

4.8 m

max take-off weight

6,645 kg

top speed

740 km/h

range

—

ceiling

10,912 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.