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Introduction
The Fairey Seal was a inter-war bi-plane design. The Seal was derived, like the Fairey Gordon from the Fairey IIIF. To enable the Fairey Seal to be lauched by catapult from warships in a floatplane configuration it was able to be equiped with floats. A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings of similar spans, normally one mounted above, and the other level with, the underside of the fuselage. ...
Fairey IIIFs of No. ...
Replica catapult at Château des Baux, France Catapults are siege engines using an arm to hurl a projectile a great distance. ...
Service life ond operations It first flew in 1930 and enterted squardrom service with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) in 1933. 91 aircraft were produced for the FAA. The FAA had removed it from front-line service by 1938, but remained in secondary and support roles after that time. The FAA started to replace it with the Fairey Swordfish Mk1 from 1936. By 1938 all FAA torpedo squardons had entirely re-equiped with the Swordfish. By the outbreak of the Second World War only four remained in service with the FAA. The type was retired fully by 1943. The last example of the types use saw it being sent to India to be used as an instructional airframe from The Royal Navy Photographic Unit. The Fleet Air Arm is the operational group of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. ...
FAA may refer to: Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Fleet Air Arm in the UK Royal Navy Fuerza Aérea Argentina in Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War II. Affectionately known as the Stringbag by its crews, it was outdated by 1939, but achieved some spectacular successes during the war. ...
A modern torpedo, historically called a self-propelled torpedo, is a self-propelled guided projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...
The RAF also operated the type as a target-tug. 12 aircraft were part of the RAF's No 10 Bombing and Gunnery School until 1940. A further 4 aircraft were used with 273 Squadron in Ceylon. These aircraft were used on coastal patrols, some as floatplanes. By May 1942 the type had been retired from RAF service. RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India RaÄunarski Fakultet RAF...
RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India RaÄunarski Fakultet RAF...
Survivors There are no known survivors of this type in existance.
Specifications
General characteristics - Crew: 3
- Wingspan: 13.94m
- Length: 11.2m
- Height: 4.32m
- Empty Weight: 1,588kg
- Maximum Take Off Weight: 2,679kg
- Powerplant: One 55 hp Armstrong-Siddeley Panther IIA radial piston engine.
The Armstrong-Siddeley automobiles (and later aircraft engines) were an English marque manufactured from 1919 (after the company was formed in 1917 by a merger between two Coventry_based companies, Armstrong-Whitworth and Siddeley-Deasy) to 1960. ...
Performance - Speed: 233 kph at 915 metres
- Range 966km
- Service Ceiling 6,705m
Armarment - One fixed 0.303in Vickers machine gun in forward fuselage
- One 0.303 Lewis in rear cockpit
- Bombs 500lb or stores carried on lower wing
Vickers, founded as the Vickers Company in 1828, was a British manufacturer, primarily of military equipment. ...
Looking towards the mountains at the centre of the Island of Lewis Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas) is the northern part of the main island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. ...
References - Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7
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Related development Fairey IIIFs of No. ...
Replaced by The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War II. Affectionately known as the Stringbag by its crews, it was outdated by 1939, but achieved some spectacular successes during the war. ...
External links - Fleet Air Arm Archive
- http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircraft/html%20pages/FAIREY%20SEAL.htm
- http://latvianaviation.com/Seal.html
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