My late dad flew these and absolutely adored them. The stories he told me as a kid will stay with me for life.

@robertcook2572

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you could share some with us?

The proper sounds, no P&W inside but the only engine that makes it a real Fury, a Centaurus, lots of mythology in this plane.

The pinnacle of piston powered fighter aircraft. What a beast!!

That Hurricane parked in the grass as the Fury taxied by was sweet....

War is a terrible evil but it does create some wonderful machines.

@Firespectrum122

5 жыл бұрын

Necessity is the mother of invention ;)

@FalconXE302

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@tomthx5804

5 жыл бұрын

Aahhh...it aint that bad.

@christopherpardell4418

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@normalizedinsanity4873

3 жыл бұрын

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.

An amazing example of a Fury. Probably in better than new condition. Great engine, prop and paint! Well done.

truly one of my favorite big radial aircraft. Nothing compares, except for the F-8. Great stuff.

Been in love with the SF ever since the mid seventies, when I saw my first one in the RNAS museum at Yeovilton. It just sat there looking mean, but somehow beautiful. A year or so later I was at an airshow and heard an airplane start up with the sound of a Coffman starter (though I did not know what that was then). I walked over, and there was a SF running and getting ready to taxi out. I could hardly contain my excitement! I swear I was jumping up and down on the spot! I miss those days.

What a wonderful sounding engine- like balm to my soul.

Didn't realize it was so big! Five blades, huge engine, beast!

Watched these beautiful planes for many hours ,taking off and landing st RNAS Lossiemouth,when I was a young lad.

What a beautiful airplane the Fury/Sea Fury was. Still my favorite to this day.

My favourite aircraft, so sleek, and the sound from that Centaurus!

The Bristol Centaurus......total eargasm!

I grew up near RNAS LOSSIEMOUTH and watched these beautiful aircraft for hours..

A few years ago I took a walk up glastonbury tor and suddenly there was a beautiful sound. It was a 2 seater sea fury (from the royal navy historic flight at nearby yeovilton) flying overhead. What a sound!

Magnificent! This, the Bearcat and the TA 152 were the last great propeller aircraft developed for WWII...

@davidjohnireland4

3 жыл бұрын

You forgot the D H Hornet

Wonderful Bristol Centauras sleeve valve 18 cylinder Radial engine 2500hp

What a beauty........sweet

Now that's what I call a fighter plane . It's testosterone -with wings -on steroids ! It's a monster and it's voice is a snarl ! Wales UK.

gorgeous aircraft from any angle.. love the fury!

Don't appreciate what a monster prop that is till you see a guy grab a blade and turn the engine over. Sheesh!

Love the sound of round. Powerful growl.

Met Paul at the old buckenham air show last year, such a nice guy and a super talented pilot. Thanks for posting this video.

*Nice!!. Thanks for informative vid !!!*

@HighFlight

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm glad that you liked it. 👍

Wonderful sound! ~Ian

definition of STRESS to look in your mirror and see it full of sea fury coming at at full chat cannons blazing thats stress

Lovely sounds!

The Powerful Beauty !

My favorite airplane of all time. I remember back in the seventies I saw a SF on static display in the Yeovilton museum and fell in love with the look of the thing. A few years later I was at an air display, heard a big "CHUFF" and a big engine running. I went over to look, and it was a Sea Fury actually running. I nearly pissed myself in sheer delight. The only thing that could ever surpass that would be to hear a Typhoon or Tempest with a Napier Saber running. There is a possibility, thanks to a group in the UK restoring a Typhoon, but at my age, I am running out of time.

@HighFlight

5 жыл бұрын

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

@guaporeturns9472

9 ай бұрын

@@HighFlightHow’s that coming along?

@HighFlight

9 ай бұрын

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

Beautiful Bird!!

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What a story !...from Iraqi via USA to UK....a solid warbird.

Such a big prop arc.. which I can attest to it creating quite the breeze. My wife and I were stood directly behind it a few weeks ago at the Duxford evening air show!💨😄

@HighFlight

Жыл бұрын

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!

@waynester71

Жыл бұрын

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

A beautiful plane!

A wonderful video, it is just so nice to see this aeroplane flying with a proper engine, so many take the easy way out and fit a pratt engine, which completely destroys the point. Many thanks for posting this!

@HighFlight

5 жыл бұрын

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?

@billpayne6936

2 жыл бұрын

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

@453421abcdefg12345

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

I love aircraft, but I never heard of the Hawker, fury I before, but it looks great.

An amazing aircaft well filmed. Thumbs up! :)

...a majestic beast of a machine ♥️👍

It's a beast; I love the fury!

Now come on who can't just fall in love with these old war birds from a time long gone past

@scottgorman7166

Жыл бұрын

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

The Centaurus was the peak of Sleeve Valve design by an amazing company that were eventually given as a gift to Rolls-Royce.

@SvenTviking

3 жыл бұрын

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

Floats gracefully off the tarmac, nice!

These aircraft shot down Mig jets in Korea, incredible bit of kit!

@kubanskiloewe

5 жыл бұрын

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

@vascoribeiro69

4 жыл бұрын

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

@kubanskiloewe

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@vascoribeiro69

4 жыл бұрын

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

@kubanskiloewe

4 жыл бұрын

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

A Sea Fury did take out a Mig 15 in the Korean war. A Vought Corsair also accomplished the feat flown by Jesse G. Folmar off the USS Bataan, a light aircraft carrier (a WWII ship decommissioned and eventually scrapped in 1961) . In Vietnam two Mig 17s were downed by prop driven Skyraiders and possibly a 3rd with another Mig suffering significant damage. The Skyraider was about 100 mph slower than the Sea Fury but had similar cannon armament. One of the Skyraiders was flying from Intrepid, a museum ship in NY Harbor and the other flying from the Midway a museum ship in San Diego harbor. I have had the opportunity to visit both museum ships which I recommend visiting.

1:52 Always move to the other side of a plane by walking right in front of the propeller, because it's quicker that way.

@davidh6300

4 жыл бұрын

@Sloppy Joe yes it makes me cringe too

@20chocsaday

2 жыл бұрын

Or think of the widow along the street.

Nice!

Thanks from me also, fabulous...so jealous of Mr Bonhomme...Dave.

@tsu8003

6 жыл бұрын

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

Let's get ready to rumbleeeee

As VH-SFW this Fury lived at my local airport in Moree Australia. It was owned, maintained, and flown by a local crop duster pilot. It flew almost weekly and often "beat up" the airfield in spectacular fashion, with low low high speed passes, and aerobatics. And that Bristol radial had a sound all it's own! I live next to the airport and only needed to walk to my side fence to see the fun. Our loss is the UK's gain....

@lolzzz8304

5 жыл бұрын

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@CraigMarshall_HDvideo4K

5 жыл бұрын

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?

@anitadolan6417

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Wahnsinns Maschine ! :-)

No words needed! Carry on!

Nice!!

Yes please!!!!!🛩🚀

Супер! Даже.шасси складывается !

Wow, what a beauty.

Nice! Damn, she sounds solid!

Imagine building an RC plane like this of the same size.That would be awesome.

Nice sight and sound. Too bad about the people talking and laughing during part of it, but I understand how difficult it can be to get clean audio at an air show. Thumbs up for a decent job.

@HighFlight

5 жыл бұрын

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!

I love that this one still has the five blade prop.

@lookinatu5096

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@gruntabro1

4 жыл бұрын

5 blades to harness all that hp

@pauldavidson6321

4 жыл бұрын

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

Lovely definition on the video - so many seem to have been filmed through the bottom of a beer bottle.

@HighFlight

5 жыл бұрын

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

Loved the video, period. What a great sound. Like a sharp chisel on a piece of oak.

@HighFlight

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks and very nice of you to say.

Centaurus majesty

Wow, just wow! The Sea Fury is my all time favourite prop fighter but to see an actual Fury is just... wow! A great plane flown by a great pilot!

@HighFlight

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@tsu8003

6 жыл бұрын

Already subscribed!

the way they dragged the blades while standing in its spinning range gave me anxiety

@HighFlight

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@skydive7054

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

MONSTER ! TAKE OFF STARTS AT 5.05

Saw her fly at the Warbirds airshow, Duxford in July., what an awesome machine!

With the wing profile, the Fury/ Sea Fury looks like the love child of a P47 and an FW 190. Pretty pretty pretty. But I still think the FW 190 A is the prettiest thing to ever spin a prop.

Hawker Fury II, SR661, G-CBEL - Flown by Paul Bonhomme High Flight love louis louis shirley

Built to a Specification issued after detailed analysis of captured FW 190A's during the war. What a wonderful aeroplane.. ♥️

@christopherbeckford3102

3 жыл бұрын

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

@iamgod6464

3 жыл бұрын

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

Thats a damn Super Prop right there boys.

Very good airplane

nice clean start...good camera work with high quality sound, I really "hear" the diference with the Pratts, I really like the deep rumble at idle and the absence of walve train noise from the front. is like a "snoring giant"...

@HighFlight

5 жыл бұрын

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

Flown...eventually! Would be better described as taking off. Damn we built some great planes back then.

@barrierodliffe4155

4 жыл бұрын

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

@MC-nb6jx

4 жыл бұрын

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😉😉

VERY GOOD SOUND RADIALs, FRON BRASIL.

@britsh_weather_has_bipolar8199

3 жыл бұрын

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

@paulfharris175

3 жыл бұрын

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

Now that's a hell airplane

This and the GRUMMAN BEARCAT, great machines!

A note to future uploaders. Note absence of ridiculous music tracks. Just pure engine noise that’s all we need

The ultimate prop driven warplane in my view and the best.

To be precise (and pedantic...yadda, yadda...) that is a "Sea Fury". There were a couple of "Furies" produced by Hawker over the years. One was a biplane predecessor to the Hurricane while a later Fury (and this aircraft's immediate ancestor) was basically a centaurus radial-engined Tempest with some aerodynamic refinements. It wasn't to go into production and service with the RAF but the Fleet Air Arm adopted a further refinement and adaptation of that design for carrier use. A beautiful aircraft.

@HighFlight

3 жыл бұрын

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.

All that power and only four gun ports? Beautiful beast though. 💛🙏🏼

@HighFlight

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Glen.Danielsen

2 жыл бұрын

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

One beast of a machine.

I'm in love with her...Jesus she's sooo beautiful !!!

One lucky pilot.

Superbe 👍.

Wow the origional fury II not the Sea Fury and with the original engine! What a treat :)

@HighFlight

5 жыл бұрын

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

I live somewhat close Reno Nv. the other day we saw two SF mock dog fighting above us "it was a lot of fun to watch".....................

@HighFlight

2 жыл бұрын

Now that is entertainment!

badass Pilots badass plane

In the end, of WW2, Hawker produced all the monster fighters, and fighter-bombers.

Magnificent. She just throbs with elegant power. I wonder if her nickname isn't Gesebell. ie. G CBEL.!!

@adrianlarkins7259

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the highlight

@u.s.patriot3415

5 жыл бұрын

Cool!

Love to know how many aircraft Paul B is type rated in.

I love the Bristol sleeve valve engineering. And the sound. However, on KZread, in the last week I watched video of 2 crashes in the past resulting from engine failure and hydraulic failure destroying 2 beautiful Sea Fury’s. It could have happened with a P&W engine just as easily. The Bristol sleeve valve is a fairly complex engine that had its problems. Kind of like the Wright 3350. One American and one British. I second the comment about the Merlin powered P-51 as being the best Anglo-American aviation collaboration achievement ever.

@leneanderthalien

6 жыл бұрын

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)

@PorscheGTRSWeissach

5 жыл бұрын

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! ;-)

@msmeyersmd8

5 жыл бұрын

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?

@msmeyersmd8

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@fredtedstedman

5 жыл бұрын

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

The Centaurus engine has slide valves, as opposed to the more traditional poppet valves found on most ICE engines. It's a very interesting technology. An entire video could be done just on the differences between these two types of engines...

There is one in a Canada navy museum in Calgary Alberta

Sydney Camm learnt well from Kurt Tank’s Fw 190.

I'm amazed that from the rear it looks like an overgrown Fw190

Hawker Fury 2 was a biplane powered by a 640 hp (477 kW) Rolls Royce Kestrel VI piston engine.[17] First flight 3 December 1936.[6] Total 112 built. - according to Wikipedia -This is not one of them - it is a Sea Fury!

@HighFlight

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Franky46Boy

3 жыл бұрын

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

@richuar

3 жыл бұрын

@@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!

Imagine this beautiful ❤️ beast during the battle of britain,if they had existed. Along with the Spitfire Germany would have been desimated in a week.

90 Luftwaffe pilots disliked this video.

@timmason7430

4 жыл бұрын

Russian Mig 15 pilots.

@chrisburn7178

4 жыл бұрын

Well if it had seen service in WW2 they might have done, as Tim Says below 😋

@beaterbikechannel2538

3 жыл бұрын

And someone called soaringtractor who hates the sleeve valve and says "duuuuuhhhhh" a lot

How in the heck did they see were to go with that BEAUTIFUL FLYING MACHINE pitched so high in the air from the pilots point a VIEW.Amazing.

@HighFlight

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@reggiebarron3849

4 жыл бұрын

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