I am 91 - US Air Force - was stationed on a island off the Korean coast - amazing story - Australian Sea Fury could not get to carrier just off our island - Dead Engine - made a "Dead stick landing on our "curved sand beach ! We got to the plane to see the pilot sitting on the wing "Hello Mates- Got any beer?" He said. We shared some brew- had laughs - he looked like he was about 16 - Plane was put on a barge back to carrier - Amazing Plane - Amazing Pilot !

@gragrn

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Ivan, great story!

@Original50

5 ай бұрын

Imagine a race of savage people, originating mainly in the North East Atlantic, transported as shackled outcast to a natural hell-hole in the South Pacific and they STILL create the BeeGees and win every sport the British invented! No worries!👍

@brianv1988

5 ай бұрын

Cool story

@danielHogan-yv3hg

5 ай бұрын

@@Original50the BeeGees were born in Manchester England, emigrated around 8 yrs of age 🤔

@Original50

5 ай бұрын

@@danielHogan-yv3hg Hang's around aviation-porn and knows their BeeGees? I'm genuinely humbled. 🙏 So, the choice is Vulcan or Lightning?

Uncle Peter Sqibb was an engineer on Theseus, he was a rocket expert who worked on the Saunders Roe dual power interceptor. When a Sea fury went U/S in Korea and had to divert to a US airfield with engine trouble he flew out in a Firefly backseat and repaired the plane in a tent in the snow, 60 years later he got a letter from one of the Yanks with a photo of himself working on the engine. Later on he worked with Martin Baker on the cancelled ejection system for the lower deck boys on the Vulcan. Quite a guy.

I saw a fury at an airshow probably 25 years ago now and the thing was an absolute beast, coming down in a shallow dive it was whistling and at ground level easily as fast as any of the modern jets so it doesnt surprise me that inexperienced Mig pilots completely underestimated the fury which was probably the pinnacle of piston fighter design and whatever aircraft you are in if you got in the sights of 4 x 20mm cannon you're in big trouble regardless of whether you're past or present, worth a mention as well was one of the ultimate high performance aero piston engines, the Centaurus was a masterpiece, great video

@BrianWMay

5 ай бұрын

Supercharger whine was very noticeable on this aircraft, particularly after the aircraft passed the listener.

I saw a Sea Fury in flight and on display about 10 years ago on a small flightshow here in Germany. That was a very stunning experience for me. The clean look, the feelable power and, most of all, the sound of the engine was awesome. A great plane

@terrychapman5466

5 ай бұрын

From memory it was an unusual sleeve valve engine which also used in the Bristol Freighter. Saw one 1971 Gulf of Carpentaria Queensland Australia

Sir Sidney Camm at he's finest. Hawkers design team were world beaters. Legendary stuff. 👊💛👍

Sea Fury’s are AWESOME. One of the most handsome/pretty aircraft ever made.

@asicXpert

5 ай бұрын

Looks like a Fw 190 tho

@johncunningham4820

5 ай бұрын

@@asicXpert . I can see your Point , and yet No . The FW was considerably smaller too .

@sorryociffer

5 ай бұрын

@@asicXpertI see the resemblance, but the SF is bigger and due to being built for rough carrier use, far sturdier. In person they are freaking tanks….but beautiful, elegant ones😂.

@asicXpert

5 ай бұрын

Durability must be inherent to the design. But yes beautiful at both scales.

@lancerevell5979

5 ай бұрын

And still popular at the Warbird air shows! 😎👍

Beautiful airplane! Clean lines, bubble canopy and loads of lethality!

@mayamanign

5 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the FW190.

@erkierkierki

5 ай бұрын

​@@mayamanignnot by coincidence. The FW190 was such a good design, several planes of that era took their designs from it

@lancerevell5979

5 ай бұрын

A good engineering idea is always copied. 😎👍

@nerdyali4154

5 ай бұрын

It was based on the Typhoon/Tempest. The wing design was nothing like the FW, but most late radial engine designs converged on a similar overall shape with a bubble canopy.

In 2019 I saw a Sea Fury in a museum in Cuba. They were proud of how their few Sea Furies had helped protect them against the American Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. There’s a good Wiki article about it under Sea Fury Cuba.

@jamesleonard7439

5 ай бұрын

Cool story.

@richardshort3914

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I saw one in the museum at the Bay of Pigs. Given the era and the role, the Sea Fury was probably the best attack aircraft in the world for the Cubans and decimated both the landing ships and positions of Brigade 2506.

@CaptHollister

5 ай бұрын

Museo de la Revolucion in Havana ? That's also the place where they have the remains of a shot down U-2 with a placard identifying it as belonging to the "Fuerza Aerea Norteamericana" (*North American* Air Force) or words to that effect, which as a Canadian I found rather surprising...

@carlosiglesias9588

4 ай бұрын

As. Cuban it was free Cubans who attempted the landing s it was not an invasion Castro has destroyed my home country people are starving and have lost all they had while the Castros live like millionaires which they are stealing from the Cuban people. People like you who continue to go to Cuba help to continue the enslavement of the Cuban people you should be ashamed of yourself. The so-called invasion failed because democrats like Kennedy refused to help after they promised they would.

Many of the 'Sea Furys' in these clips are actually Fairey Fireflies, which served concurrently in the FAA.

@michaelsmith8060

5 ай бұрын

Bullshit

@NitroNuggetTV

5 ай бұрын

@@michaelsmith8060 They are, there's a lot of "place hold" footage in this video as I'd imagine there isnt a great deal of accessible Fury footage available.

@terrychapman5466

5 ай бұрын

Fury had a radial engine

@duvetofreason16

5 ай бұрын

I think I saw a Bristol Brigand and a Firebrand in there too

@gingervirus2988

5 ай бұрын

@@michaelsmith8060 If you know the square root of f*ck all Smiffy, it’s best to keep quiet as I’m sure you’ve been told throughout your life (not that it’s stopped you)

One of the most beautiful aircraft.

My Dad worked on these in the Royal Navy😊 still have his manuals and diagrams for the Sea Fury and Firefly! Great video! (He was in 705 Squadron!) I might have seen him in this video😄

Lovely aircraft and a very honourable successor to the Hurricane, Tempest and Typhoon.

RAF and RNAS squadron numbers are normally expressed as individual numbers. For example, 785 Naval Air Squadron would by Royal Navy convention be referred to as "Seven Eight Five Naval Air Squadron." Great work highlighting an absolute monster of a piston engined fighter. Thanks.

@CaptainQuark9

5 ай бұрын

I have already beaten that drum, but the Dark SKies people seem not to have listened.

@beejay7665

5 ай бұрын

Yep. They’ll read Wikipedia to us all day, but never read anyone else’s comments

@Grover91

5 ай бұрын

It's because the videos are almost entirely done by AI.

@20chocsaday

5 ай бұрын

I have learned to auto-translate. It can still cause confusion though, especially if I am speaking to anyone who is not making allowances.

@bhopkins8101

5 ай бұрын

Yip, I’ve told them umpteen times and it’s getting worse @@20chocsaday

There's just something so raw and primal about the sound of piston planes. Jets are amazing machines, with truly stunning performance, but those old prop planes just had a SOUL I guess you could call it. Perhaps its simply that back then pilots actually had to dogfight instead of locking on from miles away and firing a missile, but those birds were true fighters.

Charles Hartman and B. Johnson of VA-25 flying A-1 Skyraiders shot down two Mig 17's in June 1965. I joined this same squadron in November 1966 and people were still talking about these air victories. VA-25 was the last of the Navy Skyraider squadrons receiving the new A-7a jets in 1968.

On Sep. 10, 1952 Capt. Jesse Folmar flying a Corsair from VMA-312 also joined the select club of pilots who shot down a MIG using a propellar driven aircraft.

One of your better videos! The narrator doesn’t speak so quickly these days so it’s less stressful/more relaxing to listen to. The moving images coordinate with the narration which is great, (unlike the old days). No mispronunciations either. 👍 Well done. Happy New Year! Keep up the higher standards! Very best wishes.

About 35 years ago I worked with a gentleman that owned and flew a P51. He also had a Sea Fury in his hangar that he and his son were restoring. Airspeed indicator was in knots.

@xtbum3339

5 ай бұрын

The P-51 Mustang took down German jets in WWII.

@peabase

5 ай бұрын

@@xtbum3339 Yeah, when Me-262s came in for landing. When the Germans installed flak along the approach lines, the losses diminished considerably.

@wilburfinnigan2142

5 ай бұрын

@@xtbum3339 And a couple Migs in Korea also !!!

@wilburfinnigan2142

5 ай бұрын

@@peabase BULL$HIT !!!! P51's are credited with 120 jets destroyed in WW II and most were in the sky dog fights and of course if caught at a base landing or taking off. Plenty of gun camera video here on you tube to verify !!! The Tusgegee air men got 4 in one aerial dog fight defending a bomber attack. 156 of the less that 200 Me262's ever in service were destroyed by prop fighters !!!

@geoffkingman-sugars4515

5 ай бұрын

Of course it was in knots - that's what all aircraft speed instruments measure.

I actually used to know Commander (as he was then) Carmichael in the late 1980's through to his death in '97 - he was a sound guy. Even back in the late '80's he was a little dismissive of the 'kill' - which since 2018 is in doubt - and said it was a 'team effort'.

@number1genoa

5 ай бұрын

I listened to an interview with the pilot who shot the Mig down, it wasn't Hoagy but one of the pilots under his command on that day, however it was a Protocol (Policy ?) of the Fleet Air Arm that the flight leader would get the credit for the kill. The pilot in question was not in the least bit bitter about Hoagy getting the credit, it was the done thing at the time and he was OK with it.

It’s now considered that “smoo” Ellis was the pilot who brought down the MIG not Carmichael. I remember seeing the Sea Fury take part in the air races down in Tasmania, and they were awesome to see and hear.

I love videos like this! And the story and the story telling is amazing!

Great video mate, thank you for sharing it. Something that may be of interest or use to you(?) The Squadron numbers of UK, AUS, NZ, & Canada air arms, are generally said as individual numbers, not 100’s. For example, 845 Squadron would be said as, eight four five, not 8 hundred & forty five squadron👍 Hope that makes sense🙏

@CaptainQuark9

5 ай бұрын

I have already beaten that drum, but the Dark SKies people seem not to have listened.

@fwqkaw

5 ай бұрын

Robbie Robot - still dim as a Naafi candle. I think I prefer it that way.

Fury's still winning races in Reno up until last year when the races were abandoned...

There is an Airworthy Seafury still flying here in Australia. Formerly owned by Guido Zucolli (rest his sole), it is now owned by his widower and she does indeed fly it. It's amazing to see it in flight and the roar of that engine- beautiful.

@Mr2greys

5 ай бұрын

*soul and widower is usually attributed to men. Women are called widows

@geoffkingman-sugars4515

5 ай бұрын

Two of those engines were in one of the most beautiful-looking airliners ever built - the Airspeed Ambassador - well, most of the time anyway.

Why do you keep showing Fairy Firefly's?

Excellent vid. First time seeing the Sea Fury properly. BEAST.

My neighbor has 2 flying and works on many other ones to get into flyable condition. Love to hear them fire the seafurys and the other war birds that they own or the ones that fly in to visit or get serviced. Nothing sounds the same as the huge roundies going over 440 mph.

I sure wish I could get a ride in one. I’d take a ride in any of those old prop planes. Fantastic pieces.

What a beautiful airframe.

Thank you. Enjoyed this. 👍🏻

I witnessed Sea Fury demonstrations at air shows. Impressively fast and nimble.

@jean-mariejm7404

5 ай бұрын

Same for me at Duxford. The two planes that impressed me the most were the Sea fury and the Bearcat

@paoloviti6156

5 ай бұрын

I would have loved to see those formidable Sea Fury flying around...

There are actually 17 examples of both Hawker Furies & Sea Furies still flying, 4 of them with the Bristol Centaurus radial engines. This is one of my all time favorite fighter aircraft; and although they were superceded by jet powered fighters, I still prefer the elegance & power of piston-engined aircraft from all countries. I absolutely love going to an air show early in the morning just to hear the engine checks, and I've volunteered many times to assist in pre-flight procedures.

@spawnof200

5 ай бұрын

both? the hawker fury (the proposed land based variant) never got past the prototype phase

@michaelmclachlan1650

5 ай бұрын

@@spawnof200 Land based aircraft sold to Iraq and Pakistan, as well as the FB60's sold to the Netherlands, were apparently described as Furies.

@spawnof200

5 ай бұрын

@@michaelmclachlan1650 huh, i did not know that

@SierraThunder

5 ай бұрын

@@spawnof200 I beg to differ, the order from the RAF was cancelled shortly before the end of WWII, and at that time the order from the Royal Navy was halved, but it was not the end of the line for the land-based Fury, it was only delayed. Both Iraq & Pakistan ordered the land-based Fury I models along with several of the two-seat trainer versions in 1946, with Pakistan being the largest foreign operator acquiring close to a total of 100 Fury models based on the second prototype; and a total of 9 two-seat trainers. Egypt bought 12 Furies in the early 1950's. I could go on with countries that bought the land-based Fury models, however I believe that I made my point. The "Fury" might not have seen service in WWII or Korea (unlike the Sea Fury, which had a very distinguished service record, even managing to down several Mig 15's), but it did see service & combat with other countries; in some cases, right up until 1968, just as the North American P-51 Mustang saw service with Argentina until they were retired in 1978.

@hawnyfox3411

5 ай бұрын

@@spawnof200 = Then you clearly DON'T know very much about the late Hawker Fury (you're clueless) FYI = your statement of "𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚" is complete & utter bollocks Explain to us ALL then, as to "why" the Iraqi A.F used FIFTY-TWO (52) non prototypes operationally ??? Next time mate, do a bit of elementary basic research, before talking bollocks on the internet** ** & thereby embarrassing yourself with your latent lack of knowledge

Great video,such an incredible aircraft 👌😀👍

The Seafury was the ultimate in piston driven prop aircraft.

Don't forget about the countless ones still flying because of their legacy, either restored properly or for air racing! Dreadnaught, with an R-4360, in 1985 I witnessed doing 452mph at Reno. That engine past away last year with a main road bearing failure, aircraft and pilot survived due to its clean lines, which traded the speed for altitude, and landed safely.

I don't know how many are in museums, but there are 19 Sea Furies that are air worthy in the world right now and four more that are under restoration.

Nice video, nicely informative, thank you.

A wonderful sound and a wonderful aircraft

Great video. I don't think I heard of this aircraft. Awesome !

Another great video on an aircraft that I didn't know had such a distinguished career.

The things you learn on youtube, fantastic.

...great post, our Mark!...

I'd heard of this story before but this is the first time I've ever heard it in full. I've heard that the pilots who flew them were well pleased with the type.

This is one of the best from this channel! Information pretty accurate, and every picture relates to the narration I think. Except at 6.12, where that is not a Sea Fury. Unless it was an in-line engine conversion! Otherwise, very good. Must have listened at last to all the comments!

@mrjockt

5 ай бұрын

That was a Firefly, they operated alongside the Sea Fury in the ground attack role from Royal Navy carriers at the time.

@DrivermanO

5 ай бұрын

@@mrjockt Thought it might be, but wasn't sure. But defo not a Sea Fury!

Beautiful aircraft!

Next to the A-1 Skyraider, this is one of the coolest airplanes ever.

@Snake-ms7sj

5 ай бұрын

2 Mig 17's were shot down by Skyraiders during the Korean war

@chrisaskin6144

5 ай бұрын

The only recorded air victory by a Skyraider in the Korean war was in June 1953, when one downed a Soviet built Polikarpov Po-2, which was a biplane - I suppose it could possibly have been a jet powered biplane...

@keithallver2450

5 ай бұрын

@@Snake-ms7sj I think you meant to say the Vietnam war. The Mig-17 wasn't created until after the Korean conflict.

@britblue

5 ай бұрын

i may be mistaken but i remember reading up on "The Night Witches" the all women Soviet bomber force in WW2 - who flew these Polikarpov Po-2. German fighter ace in ME109 said they were very difficult aircraft to shoot down as their top speed was slower than the 109's stall speed!! so the Germans constantly overflew them-and they could easily outturn the German planes @@chrisaskin6144

@Snake-ms7sj

5 ай бұрын

@@keithallver2450 My bad you are right. Korean war was Mig-15

Interesting to see the Fairey Firefly in a number of those shots. It was originally intended as a two seat reconnaissance fighter but was later used as a ground attack and anti submarine aircraft. The Firefly was reportedly used for ground attack in the Korean War.

What an aircraft, awesome.

One of the best ever built piston-engined Propeller Fighters!!!😎👍

Pretty cool

There used to one that at EAA in oshkosh. It's been years since I've gone but it was a cool plane! If I am remembering correctly, the plane had smoke dispensers on the wingtip to demonstrate wind vortices on the runway.

Sometimes, I'll watch these at 1.25× Playback Speed, to relieve the old _Dark_ channel days! 😊

The F4U got a MiG in Korea also.

What a Beauty

An ex flight instructor of mine used 4:25 to fly one of these warbirds at airshows. The pinnacle of piston engined fighters.

How have I never heard of this plane I thought I heard of it I thought I knew about every plane in World War II great video👍

As ever with Dark Skies productions, there are all manner of extraneous aircraft shown in the clips, including a Fairey Firebrand!

I wonder if the cockpit was pressurised for the high altitude ? Thanks a lot, great history.

Good plane n the training made the difference

Great aircraft. Service trajectory sounds similar to the F4U in the USN. Thank you for highlighting this excellent warbirds!

@bobharrison7693

5 ай бұрын

The Sea Fury was a 3-4 year newer design than the F4U. Both performed the same mission in Korea.

Not the only one. F4U corsair shot down another Mig15, P-51, P-47 shot down ME-262. A-1 skyraider shot down 3 mig 17, a B29 shot down 5 mig 15s in Korea, and so on. So it wasn't that uncommon.

Nice video! Between 2:22 and 6:55 you are playing a pretty cool background music. What´s its title?

I remember walking the Dorset clifftops in 1959 and one seemingly dive down on me. I guess it was still a service a/c.

@geoffkingman-sugars4515

5 ай бұрын

Quite possibly one of the aircraft belonging to the Fleet Requirements Unit based at Hurn Airport.

I worked in the next office to Carmichael. (at NAS Brawdy UK back in the 50s).. his boss was mine..."Winkle" Brown.. Next office down was one of the Swordfish pilots on the Bismark effort...and the Commander of the Air Station was Cameron VC.(X1 midget subTirpitz...) .In civilian life I worked at a civilian radar unit with the ex Navy piot that hold/held the record for a flight UK/Malta..in a SeaFury.. - Harry Seeks..(not sure if its still his record).

@terrychapman5466

5 ай бұрын

And you met these heroes. I am frankly envious.

Good video, but I have a couple of observations. The first one is that the British used Imperial measurements at that time (and still do in some cases, IE: MPH, not KPH) and the second observation is that you were showing video of Fairy Fulmars of the FAA, but calling them Seafires, which are very different aircraft built by Vickers.

Little late for WW2. But a stunning war machine. Reminds me of the Bearcat who was also late but a equally stunning aircraft.

Well, " is that a machine!"👍

Hawker did build a version of the Tempest with the Centaurus engine, so it was not a great stretch to use that as the basis for the Fury/Sea Fury. Kudos for stating that this interception was one of a relative few cases of a prop fighter taking down a jet fighter. Many times one reads incorrect statements that this was the FIRST (or only) case of this happening. It happened in WWII, Korean War ... AND VIETNAM where the prop aircraft responsible was not even a fighter but a Skyraider attack aircraft!

@jdoniach

10 күн бұрын

More than 150 Me-262 German jet fighters were shot down by Allied piston-engined fighters during WW2, the majority by P-51 Mustangs.

Trivia HMAS Sydney Korean war :-"Sydney began her first patrol of the Korean War on 4 October in the western theatre, transferring four days later to the east coast for special operations on 10/11 October. On 11 October, operating against troop concentrations and suspected store dumps on the east coast, Sydney created a light fleet carrier record by flying 89 sorties, making a total of 147 sorties in two days of operations."

There's an inference (at 7:10 ish) that only US ground troops were involved. Quite a few other countries had troops on the ground too (UK, AUS, NZ, CAN and more) - possibly not quite as soon as the US (I dunno) but definitely there. I got talking to one at remembrance day last year 🙂

@BanjoBob337

5 ай бұрын

Including the South African Airforce (SAAF). Although we rarely get credited with anything from WW1, WW2 and the Korean war: "While equipped with Mustangs, the squadron flew 10 373 sorties and out of a total 95 Mustangs acquired, no fewer than 74 were lost due to enemy action and accidents. Twelve pilots were killed in action, 30 missing and four wounded. In January 1953 the squadron received USAF F-86F Sabre jet fighter-bombers. Pilots and ground crew had to undergo courses in Japan to adapt to the aircraft. The first Sabre mission was flown on 16 March 1953. This marked the entry of the SAAF into a new era of jet warfare. Operating from K-55, the Flying Cheetahs took part in fighter sweeps along the Yalu and Chong-Chong rivers as well as ground targets. The squadron flew a total of 2 032 sorties in the Sabres. Only four Sabres were lost out of 22 supplied. The war ended on 27 July 1953. 34 SAAF pilots had lost their lives and eight taken prisoner of war, including the future Chief of the Air Force, General D Earp. 74 Mustangs and 4 Sabres were lost. Prior to returning to South Africa, the Sabres were returned to the USAF."

@brianperry

5 ай бұрын

Micheal Caine was in the Korean War......Not a lot of people know that....

@mrjockt

5 ай бұрын

@@brianperry The second movie that Michael Caine was in was ''A Hill in Korea'' made only four years after Caine had served in Korea.

@minhthunguyendang9900

2 ай бұрын

@@mrjockt The scene of the attack by the F-84 Thunderjets was amazingly done !

I was lucky enough to stand next to one. Didn't want to touch it just pose. Badass. Same with the Corsair, mustang and alot of my favorites the texan was pretty good at aerobatics.

To think if the Tempest II made it to the front line in early 44, wouldve been a clean sweep!

It took many years for it to come out but apparently Carmichael WASNT the pilot who shot the Mig down, it was his wingman, ....... but as Carmichael was the section leader of the sortie naval convention credited HIM as senior officer present with the kill, a fact Carmichael actually admitted many years later .......the guy who DID shoot it down was never mentioned again......such a shame.

The Typhoon was excellent!! Anything you have to start with a shotgun cartridge is alright in my book!!! Yes, it did have a tendency to go on fire a bit, whilst starting, but hey, fire extinguisher, bucket of sand on stand by, all good!!!

One is still flying in South Africa - saw it at an airshow about 15 years back and that beast was LOUD, made every other prop aircraft around look weak

Turtledove and other ‘alternate ww2 history authors citing real technology to wipe rocket, jet and electronic technology from future wars, debated what the top conventional weapons we’d have to rush to retool again might be, numbers against us this time. I concede my Bearcat close second to best unused Sea Fury by my reading of international Aces . Cudos to you man who despite rocket and jet superiority believed continued to push the optimum maximum conventional technologies we capable of. As an evolutionary biologist, this is what we’ll need for future survival threats natural and unnatural. Imagination, creativity and engineering, adaptation and improvement. Alternate ‘outside the box’ from time to time too, IMPRESSIVE. Gives us hope for our future evolution.😉

They raced these if I'm not mistaken. There was a guy out of Hamilton Ontario airport that owned Sea Fury in a private collection which he flew quite far distances. I suspect it was sold or perhaps donated to the warplane Heritage Museum at the same airport.

@recceeboy1237

5 ай бұрын

He owned a Baghdad fury, purchased by the Saudis and modified to operate in desert conditions.

Unusually sleek design.

i consider the Sea Fury and the F8F Bear Cat the last of the ww2 prop fighters that, if they'd come just in time for the end of the war, would have out classed anything else in the skies, only thing to come close might have been the Lagg 9

@bobharrison7693

5 ай бұрын

The F4U-5 was its equal.

Tell your video editor to turn on auto ducking if they're not going to lower the volume of the background music track. They keep making videos where the 'background' music competes with the narration.

Great story. Being a post war prop plane many people (including aviation geeks like me) were unaware of how successful it was and it's long service life. The fact that they were still being used into the 1960s stands as testament to it's prowess

Had it been ready earlier,it would have been a good match for the FW190.

One of my favourite planes.

Another propeller driven aircraft that downed a MiG 15 was a Vought F4U Corsair flown by USMC Capt. Jesse Folmar.

For 1 aircraft to hold such an amazing record for the amount being built during conflict(s), I'm Very amazed this bird is not hold a world record.

Would have been nice to hear the details of the dogfight

In my opinion, it was the best piston-powered fighter ever produced. By the way, an F-82 "Twin Mustang" also shot down a MiG-15.

@stephengardiner9867

10 күн бұрын

...and there is FINALLY a decent 1/48 scale kit of the F-82. How and why the "major players" in the 1/48 scale modeling industry ignored this aircraft for the last 60 or so years is beyond me.

Operated by the Royal Australian Navy fleet air arm which were in HMAS Sydney.

Hawker =manufacturer of best aircrafts !

@sandervanderkammen9230

5 ай бұрын

If that was true? they would still be around

@B-A-L

5 ай бұрын

​@@sandervanderkammen9230Clearly not true. They were the victim of government interference and incompetence.

The Sea Fury is a very sexy plane; there FW 190 and F8 Bear Cat!

@kevinquinn7645

5 ай бұрын

There's a bee's dick in it whether the Sea Fury or Bear Cat represents the pinnacle of piston engine fighter development,

Seafury is probably the best piston engine fighter of all time

@NotchFox

5 ай бұрын

Except for the Bearcat!

Its American in cool and its class. Gorgeous!

@ColinBarrett001

5 ай бұрын

It's British.

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe

5 ай бұрын

@@ColinBarrett001 I was needling you guys. I would love to see it racing. Cheers!

OK, "Specification N.7/43 was for a naval interceptor, but the video states that this was combined with "Specification F.2/43," but didn't state what role that was for. I kept rewinding the video trying to make sense of, "Camm decided both...."

Weird, the Engine Cowl and Propeller Cone looks like a Japanese Zero and the Bubble Canopy looks like the Bubble Canopy of a P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt.

Given that the MIG was a capable plane, tge seafury was more agile, and like other hawkers could take a beating, its truly no wonder they shot shot down the MIG.

Makes you wonder about how the F8F Bearcat might have turned out.

The Sea Fury and it's land based equivalent the Tempest ii were incredible fast,agile fighters for their time. incidentally, an A-1 skyraider shot down a MiG-17 during the Vietnam conflict.

@rElliot09

5 ай бұрын

No, A-1's claimed two MiG-17's in Vietnam. An OV-1 Mohawk has a confirmed probable kill over a MiG-17 in Vietnam as well.

@lynnpreuninger5050

5 ай бұрын

The F4U Corsair got a Mig in Korea, it’s over looked.

@rElliot09

5 ай бұрын

@@lynnpreuninger5050 One, those were Chinese MiG-15's and they show no losses that day. The Marine Pilot, Jesse Folmar, was shot down by a MiG-15 after he made his claim. Two, a North Korean Yak-9 shot down a USAF F-80 for the first prop vs jet kill in the Korean War, and that is extremely overlooked.

@lynnpreuninger5050

5 ай бұрын

@@rElliot09 still prop killing a jet

@bartybollocks

5 ай бұрын

A-1s shot down their MIGs head to head in one pass. No dog fight.

And the less well known but ever popular, HMS Mudthumper!!!

This took inspiration from the German Focke Wulf 190 Dora (long nose) variant….

It's that time again.

@garethbarnes3680

5 ай бұрын

And Fulmars