Hawker Fury II, SR661, G-CBEL - Flown by Paul Bonhomme 

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Necessity is the mother of invention ;)

I have the same love hate relationship with war machines. When used for demonstration purposes and to show off their abilities, apart from their ability to kill, they are awesome and do show case human kinds ability to push the limits. But yes, war is evil, I completely agree.

Aahhh...it aint that bad.

Phil Cadey well, still and all, a bicycle is a machine, too... but no one ever used one to kill 50 people at a concert. Some machines are built expressly to facilitate the killing of people. Others make you a cup of coffee.

War is totally unecessary, those who suggest otherwise are just brainwashed by a system born from geonocide and maintained by genoide run by a hanfdul of pyschopaths who benifit from our ignorance, and who make sure we remain ignorant.

You forgot the D H Hornet

The more blades and the bigger the props, the more powerful the engine. I bet she was a delight to see at the evening airshow, which sadly I did not go to!

@@HighFlight She really did enjoy it, but she did mention wearing a summery dress might have been a mistake…given the prop wash 😄

Many thanks and I'm glad that you enjoyed this. Hopefully I'll get some more film of this beauty as well as the Navy Wings Sea Fury during 2019?

What engine does it correctly use, please. Thanks again.

@@billpayne6936 This Fury is fitted with it's correct Bristol Centaurus engine, but due to lack of spares, and to a certain lack of understanding in foreign countries, Pratt and Whitney engines are sometimes fitted, the aircraft does fly, but not as good performance as the original Centaurus engine gave it. Stay safe ! Chris B.

Let's hope that you do get to see and hear the Hawker Typhoon again. The plan is for it to be flying for the 80th anniversary of D-Day on 6/6/2024 and the Aircraft Restoration Company at Duxford have been engaged to help achieve that - if anybody can do it, then they can. The Napier Sabre they have is pristine with zero hours. hawkertyphoon.com

@@HighFlightHow’s that coming along?

@@guaporeturns9472 I don’t know but here’s a link to their website hawkertyphoon.com/

pfff....yeah when the mig fly with parachute and flaps down ...LOL

@@kubanskiloewe head to head. 4x20mm cannon were enough!

@@vascoribeiro69 head to head ? a mig with over mach 1 and this with near 700km/h ?....you have only 1-2 sec or less for aim, trigger and pull away ! completely bullshit talk

@@kubanskiloewe even A-1 Skyriders shot down 2 Mig-17 in Vietnam!

@@vascoribeiro69 sure when they had to slow down while these slow noobs flow in circles ...lol

@Sloppy Joe yes it makes me cringe too

Or think of the widow along the street.

Lord, but the country was run by some idiots in the 50’s!

Everyone can who loves aircraft.....wonderful time for aircraft design.......I think the best

Thanks. I'm glad that you liked it. 👍

I was stationed on the Baltic in the late 1960's and one of the 5-bladed prop versions was used to pull a target sock for the ak-ak gunners to shoot at. One of the pilots was a hot shot and after dropping the target would dive and buzz our chow hall, just for fun. He would be so low on his pass that the windows and plates would rattle and the water in glasses would ripple from the engine roar and compressed air under his wings. This same pilot was one of a very few pilots to ever "cart-wheel" this plane - some trick. It has been a delight to once again hear the roar of the engine and scream of the prop of this beast.

5 blades to harness all that hp

That still has a Bristol Centaurus engine,a 4 blade usually means a big Pratt & Whitney R3350 has been fitted .

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How come we lost it? The POMs pinch back all our good stuff like the world's first Garratt, the K1 from Tasmania. Are we Aussies too stupid to see what we have until it's too late?

This may be the same Fury that was owned by an earth-moving contractor from Mackay for a short time, before being sold to the late Guido Zuccoli.

Sir glad that you say that, a lot of forget that kinda base of the fw-190 a3

It was infact the other way round. The FW190 was based on the the Tempest M2 from plans taken by Nazi Spies.

Thanks. I never seem to be able to find any beer bottles handy when I'm filming! :)

Not jealous of Paul, just proud as hell of our world beating pilot!

Thanks and very nice of you to say.

But at least it would have had 4 x 20mm Cannons rather than lower calibre machine guns, plus could carry 16 x 3 inch rockets and 2000lbs of bombs externally.

@@HighFlight Ah, that’s true, High. Four 20 mm canons would be huge punch. And that’s a lot of rockets!

A Bristol Centaurus sleeve valved 18 cylinder double row radial, hugely powerful.

@@britsh_weather_has_bipolar8199 I think that this engine is much better than the Napier Saber engine

Thanks, it certainly is. I have other films of this Fury and other Sea Furies on the channel if you are interested and some more coming soon. If you 'subscribe' (its free!) you should get an email when each new film appears.

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@Jim Barrows Not as good or translated to English much better than anything from USA.

Jim Barrows .... Oh dear... Typical American arrogance.. “We’re better than you”🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Steve 58 didn’t say the Americans didn’t build great things, just “we built” some great planes back then.. This was just one of them.. You probably won’t admit some of the things built by other countries were/are better than what the US build.. That’s not saying the US haven’t built some fantastic machines, but they’ve never built the best of everything (& they’ve built some real lemons) no matter how patriotic you want to be🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ Why did you have to make such a stupid comment?? You just make yourself look like an arse😉😉

Thank you. A 'snoring giant' it is indeed and the Centaurus engine brings music to the ears!

Following which Hawkers received a large order from the Iraqi Air Force for 'Sea Furies' without any naval components, including folding wings. Some of these aircraft were converted Sea Fury FB.11s, but most were newly built from scratch and were officially designated by Hawkers 'Fury ISS' the ISS standing for 'Iraqi Single Seat'. Coloquially they were known as 'Baghdad Furies'. This was one of those new build airframes. In addition its current colour scheme is that of one of the 2 original Hawker Sea Fury prototypes, SR661, that were themselves produced from the original Hawker Fury II design for the RAF before becoming 'Sea Fury' prototypes. The real prototype SR661 also lacked folding wings and some of the other naval requirements.

I know what you mean, but they do know what they're doing. I get anxiety when I see ground crew between the spinning prop and the wing leading edge when some prop driven aircraft are hand crank started!

@@HighFlight exactly! one wrong move, and its slice and dice time. the whole time i couldnt help but think about how them moving the propeller could've started the engine, which them under it

Now that is entertainment!

reliability from the Bristol engines was better as the US radials: whe known good this sleeve valve engines in France because the Bristol Hercules (14cyl) was built under licence in France by SNECMA up to 1964 to fit the Nord 2501 Noratlas.This engines are less complicated as you think with less parts in movement as a conventional engine...and the fuel econopmy is much better because able to run lean (blue flames at exhauts), this is not possible with the R3350's because overheats and detonation (always orange flames= rich)

I saw this clip too with the crashed 2 silver Sea Furies! I also saw the start procedure is a bit different. Engine starts sounded like done with air pressure or a shell! Anyway, sounded different to this Fury here! ;-)

leneanderthalien Thanks for that information. I had no idea these engines were manufactured that far after the War. As an engineer, I always thought the sleeve valve was a much more elegant solution. I like the sound of both but the Bristol sleeve valve is much smoother sounding. I hadn’t really noticed the blue “lean” flames before you mentioned it. That’s better from every engineering standpoint. Joke: Do you mean to say that the big P&W/Wright radials spewing fuel and flames on startup and take off isn’t as good? Obviously it less efficient. I grew up around them so I do love their sound. I flew in Twin Beeches with R-985s and loved them. Watching an R-4360, let alone 4 of them come to life while standing under the plane by the nose gear on a Guppy was a once in a lifetime experience for me. My Dad flew a few thousand hours in the B-36 so he gave me a lot of information on how the R-4360 functioned in practice. Most B-36s carried a pod that fit in the bomb bay that carried a brand new stored and pickled R-4360 so that an engine swap could occur almost anywhere with minimal down time in case of a problem. Just a quick engine swap. Back to the sleeve valve Bristol’s. Do you think the 14 cylinder Hercules engine was much more durable than the Centaurus and that, like the big American radials, the peak power output and development had been reached or exceeded, leaving the somewhat smaller engines to live longer lives in commercial and private use? I’ve not read a lot about the details of Bristol sleeve valve engine performance or longevity. I do remember reading that they had very high oil consumption. However, the American W-1320 and 3350 and the P&W-1340, 2800 and 4360s didn’t exactly sip oil. The tanks were gigantic. I always thought we would have moved beyond poppet valve technology in modern internal combustion engines by now. But they just won’t seem to die. Atkinson cycle, direct gasoline injection, variable compression, variable valve timing and other “gimmicks” seem to keep them alive. The rotary engine was a great idea but it was an oil burner and couldn’t pass emissions testing. Not that these are bad, but I had hoped automotive technology would have had a breakthrough improvement. We’re still using poppet valves. Wow. I love what they’re doing in Formula One but it seems like very complicated and expensive “gimmicks” that aren’t going to last 150,000+ miles on a daily driver. What do you think?

Irgendjemand Irgendwo I believe those were shell starts.i think I’ve seen a couple of those myself. The only pneumatic start radials I’m aware of are Russian/Soviet. Pneumatic works great in low temps in Russia vs electrical/batteries which can degrade a lot or freeze at super low temps. I think a lot of Russian planes used pneumatic brakes and flaps for the same reason. But I could certainly be incorrect. So don’t quote me. LOL.

It's got a real GROWL to it compared to P & W > Love this plane Wales UK

Thanks for the highlight

Cool!

Yes, it's pretty special! Thanks for enjoying.

Thankyou. The fact that I'm filming always seems to attract people making noise, even when it's not an airshow, as here, and I've tried to chose an apparently quiet spot!

Yes, you're right, but it's not a true Sea Fury either, although that is what it looks like and was developed from. The Hawker Sea Fury was originally envisaged and designed as a land based RAF fighter to be called the Fury - after the earlier biplane fighter of the 1930s. A number of prototypes were constructed and flown before the RAF order was cancelled and development of the aircraft continued for the Royal Navy, with the name being changed to Sea Fury. The colour scheme of the aircraft seen here is that of one of these prototypes SR661, which was one of 2 prototypes for the Sea Fury, although that was not equipped with folding wings or other navalised features (save for a tail hook) at the time. After full development and delivery of the Sea Fury in service, the Iraqi government placed an order for aircraft for its Air Force. These aircraft did not need to be equipped for naval operations and the order was fulfilled by Hawkers converting some ex Royal Navy Sea Fury airframes as well as building completely new airframes without folding wings or any other naval features. The latter new build aircraft were officially called Hawker Fury ISS (ISS stands for Iraqi Single Seat) - unofficially they were called 'Baghdad Furys'. This airframe is actually one of these ex Iraqi Hawker Fury ISS, wearing the markings of one of the two Sea Fury prototypes.

This is NOT a Sea Fury !!! It is a fury prototype intended for the RAF...

@@Franky46Boy well technically this particular aircraft is a Fury as it was originally made for the Iraqi airforce. It is painted now though as one of the prototype Sea Fury aircraft complete with the words “Royal Navy” on it, so not an RAF plane nor marked as one. Either way though it’s an awesome beast!

It's only pitched like that when on the ground taxiing as once the tails up the view improves and in flight the pitch adjusts for level flight. When taxiing that's why this and other warbirds swerve from side to side to give the pilots a clearer look of where they are going.

@@HighFlight THANK U FOR LETTING ALL OF US KNOW THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.JOYFUL FLYING FELLO LOVER, OF FLYING MACHINES.