Talk:Hawker Fury

I changed "Furies" to "Furys", because it's a name, so "-ys" is correct. (See the Lend-Lease Sherman talk page for debate on why not...) Trekphiler 03:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

As the Hawker Hornet was the prototype for the Fury, wit the Hornet being renamed as Fury on Air Ministry request, with no significant changes between the prototype and production Fury Mk 1, it seems reasonable to merge Hawker Hornet into this article. Nigel Ish 19:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

why two years between Hornet and Fury flights? GraemeLeggett 11:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

The First flight in March 1931 was that of the first production Fury. The Hornet was evaluated against the Fairey Firefly II in 1929, only being purchased by the Air Ministry on 1st Jan 1930. A production order was placed sometime in 1930. According to "The British Fighter since 1912", production was arranged for the first batch to complete production together to ensure a common build and allow full equipment of the initial squadron - Note the the Fury entered squadron service in May 1931. The delay in placing the production order may have been financial as Britain was in the depth of the Great Depression (the Gold Standard was dropped in 1931) so was probly not in a hurry to place orders for expensive Military equipment. Nigel Ish 17:43, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

only experimental planes have the french engine (one and one) others have the kestrel --79.55.230.83 (talk) 13:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Good spot - article now corrected.Nigel Ish (talk) 21:09, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure this was the last RAF biplane fighter, no? If so, I would think that's worthy of mention. Noel (talk) 20:52, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Both the Gloster Gauntlet and Gloster Gladiator were later than the Fury.Nigel Ish (talk) 20:59, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Ah. I tend to think of the Gladiator as a Fleet Air Arm machine, but I had completely forgotten about the Gauntlet. Noel (talk) 14:14, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

I doubt if the RAF ever used the Gladiator. The GAuntlet was the last RAF biplane. I've heard the prototype Hurricane K5083 used a Fury fuselage. The RAE ordered Hawker to dump biplanes and they hurriedly made K5083 out of parts lying around. The biggest change was moving the air scoop back several feet.203.221.203.159 (talk) 03:20, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

The RAF were still using the Gladiator in 1940 refer No. 263 Squadron RAF and operations in Norway. MilborneOne (talk) 07:59, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

I have to second the RAF as having used the Gladiator; it was used by the RAF to form the backbone of mainland Britain's air defences by late 1937. The RAF progressively reequipped those home squadrons with Hurricanes and Spitfires in 1938-1940; after that, the type was used by the service in the Middle East and North African theatres to noteworthy effect. There isn't much reason to doubt the RAF's use of the Gladiator in my opinion. Kyteto (talk) 12:37, 4 September 2016 (UTC)