THE AIRFORCE - AIRCRAFT - FURY I
Aircraft Stats:
Powerplant: 1 x 525 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIS piston engine
Speed: 359 kph, 223mph mph
Range: 483km, 300miles
Seats: 1
Length: 8.15m, 26ft 9in
Span: 9.14m, 0ft
Empty Weight: 1 240kg, 2,734lb
Max T/O Weight: 1 637kg, 3,609lb
Period of Service: 1936 - 1943
Weapons:
None specified
Squadrons:
None specified
Attrition:
No incidents found
None specified
Squadrons:
None specified
Attrition:
No incidents found
Fury I
Status: Retired
Manufacturer: Hawker
Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Role: Fighter
Single-seat biplane fighter. A total of 29 Fury Is served in the SAAF, serialed 200 to 228.
The Fury I equipped three squadrons of the SAAF in East Africa during the early stages of World War II.
Armament:
Two forward-firing synchronised 0.303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns.
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