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Hawker Sea Fury
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Sea Fury TG*119 (subsequent registration number
110) flew with the RCN from 1948 to 1957 with VF 870 and VF 871
and currently resides at the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa.
The Sea Fury was a single-seat carrier-borne fighter-bomber with
a maximum speed of 460 m.p.h., range of 700 miles (or 1,040 miles
with two 90-gallon drop tanks), and with four fixed 20mm guns
in its wings and provisions for 12 60lb rocket projectiles or
two 1,000lb bombs below the wings.
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The RCN flew 75 Sea Furies from February, 1948
to April, 1957. One was a Mk.10 and the other 74 were F.B. Mk.11s.
They were both single seat fighters and fighter-bombers, similar
except that the Mk 11s were equipped to carry the 100/1,000 pound
jettisonable wing bomb carriers. The outer portions of the wings
of both models could be folded upwards hydaulically to facilitate
stowage below decks on an Aircraft carrier. The Aircraft to the
rear is a Fairey Firefly. The straight flight deck and high number
of arrestor cables (the back lines perpendicular to the direction
of the flight deck) identify this photo as having been taken
on the HMCS Magnificent.
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The Pilot's Notes for the Sea Fury 10 & 1 state
that "The Aircraft is designed for the duties of a single-seat
fighter and fighter-bomber; intentional spinning is prohibited.
Catapulting and RATO (Rocket Assisted Take Off) is permitted
with or without external stores, and with any permitted combination
of stores. When external stores or wing drop tanks are carried,
aerobatics are prohibited and violent manoeuvers are to be avoided." This
Sea Fury is on the flight deck of the HMCS Magnificent. Also,
note the small, dark maple leaf in the centre of the roundel.
This was common practice starting after the war, continuing until
the new RCAF roundel was implemented.
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