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Tag: Aircraft

  • Hawker Sea Fury in Canadian Service

    Hawker Sea Fury in Canadian Service
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    Hawker Sea Fury in Canadian Service The Royal Canadian Navy acquired 74 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 fighter bombers for operation from HMCS Magnificent. An additional FB. Mk.X was taken onto the books for administrative purposes when it was being used on cold weather trials by Britain. Two Canadian squadrons operated the Sea Fury, No. 803… Read more

  • Boeing XF8B

    Boeing XF8B
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    Boeing XF8B First flying on 27 November 1944, the Boeing XF8B was capable of acting as an interceptor, long-range escort fighter, dive-bomber, and torpedo bomber. Armament was to consist of six 0.50 inch machine guns or six 20 mm wing-mounted cannons, and a 6,400 lb (2,900 kg) bomb load or two 2,000 lb (900 kg) torpedoes. Three prototypes were built,… Read more

  • North American XA2J Super Savage

    North American XA2J Super Savage
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    North American XA2J Super Savage First flying on 4 January 1952, and initially envisaged as a turboprop-powered derivative of the AJ Savage., the North American XA2J Super Savage developed into a larger and faster aircraft. Unfortunately the complexity of the proposed engines and their associated gearbox to drive the contra-rotating propellers proved unreliable. In addition,… Read more