Hawker Fury (Yugoslav variant)
Manufacturer	Hawker, Ikarus
Combat range	388 miles	620 km

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The Fury was the RAF's first operational fighter aircraft to be able to exceed 200 mph (320 km/h) in level flight. It had highly sensitive controls which gave it superb aerobatic performance. It was designed partly for the fast interception of bombers and to that end it had a climb rate of almost 2400 feet per minute (730 m/min).

There were two marks of Fury. The Fury I made its maiden flight on the 25th March 1931 and was issued to No. 43 Squadron later that year. The Fury II has several improvements including a 20% increase in power, a higher top speed, and a greater rate of climb. It was issued to squadrons in 1936-1937. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1931: Events Manufacturer Airspeed Ltd founded in York, England. ... No. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1936: Events February February 13 - Imperial Airways commences airmail services to West Africa March March 23 - Impreial Airways begins scheduled flights between Hong Kong and Malaysia. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1937: Events March March 5 - Imperial Airways opens a new flying boat base at Hythe, Hampshire. ...

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By 1939 the Fury had been phased out from RAF squadrons and replaced with, amongst other designs, Gloster Gladiators and Hawker Hurricanes. However it was still used in some foreign air forces in the early 1940s; Yugoslav Furies saw action against Axis forces in the German invasion of 1941. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1939: Events January January 12 - the RAF Auxiliary Air Force Reserve is formed February February 9 - Alex Henshaw sets a new speed record for the round trip between England and Cape Town in 4 days 10 minutes in a Percival Mew... The Gloster Gladiator was a biplane fighter, used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, during World War II. The aircraft had a top speed of around 414 km/h. ... The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

A total of 262 Furies were produced, of which 22 served in Persia, 3 in Portugal, at least 30 in South Africa, 3 in Spain, at least 30 in Yugoslavia and the remainder in the United Kingdom. The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...

General characteristics

• First flight: 25 March 1931
• Length: 26 ft 8 in (Mk I), 26 ft 9 in (Mk II)
• Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in
• Height: 10 ft 2 in
• Empy weight: 2623 lb (Mk I), 2734 lb (Mk II)
• Loaded weight: 3490 lb (Mk I), 3609 lb (Mk II)
• Engine: One Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIS 525 hp (Mk I), Kestrel IV 640 hp (Mk II)
• Maximum speed: 207 mph at 14,000 ft (Mk I), 223 mph at 16,500 ft (Mk II)
• Service ceiling: 28,000 ft (Mk I), 29,500 ft (Mk II)
• Rate of climb: 2,264 ft/min (Mk I), 2,600 ft/min (Mk II)
• Armament: 2 x 0.303 in Vickers Mk III machine-guns (Mk I), Mk IV (Mk II), provision for light bomb racks under wings if required

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Operators

• Norway (one aircraft only), Persia (Iran), Portugal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia,

See also

• Hawker-Siddeley
• Hawker Hart
• Hawker Sea Fury

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Further reading

• Chaz Bowyer: The Encyclopedia of British Military Aircraft, Bison Books Limited, ISBN 0-86124-258-0
• Elke C. Weale, John A. Weale and Richard F. Barker: Combat Aircraft of World War Two, Lionel Leventhal Limited, ISBN 0-946495-43-2