Centaurus Fury
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2023
- Paul Bonhomme flying Fighter Aviation Engineering's ex Iraqi Air Force Hawker Fury ISS (Iraqi Single Seat), G-CBEL, SR661, at Imperial War Museum, Duxford on 25 August 2023 as it departs for and returns from a display appearance at Clacton Airshow. This is one of the few Sea Fury/Fury's that still retains an original Bristol Centaurus engine and is now the only one in the UK to do so.
This Sea Fury, construction number 37539 was produced by Hawker’s in 1953 as a Fury ISS - Iraqi Single Seat, for the Iraqi Air Force, as part of contract number 53/1/012 for 60 aircraft, and was numbered 315 within this production batch. Although 10 of the single seat aircraft for this contract were actually former Royal Navy FB.10 or FB.11s that were converted, this airframe was built by Hawkers as new, without any of the navalised features of the Sea Fury. Amongst other things both the tail hook and folding wings were deleted.
The aircraft was bought to Orlando, Florida, USA from Iraq in 1979 by Ed Jurist and David Tallichet.
In 1989 it passed to Laws/Coleman Warbird Museum, Coleman, Texas where it was rebuilt to airworthy condition, before flying again in April 1991, registered as N36SF. It was then shipped to the UK in September 1991, passing into the ownership of John Bradshaw at Wroughton until 2009.
During this time the aircraft flew in the markings of a Dutch Navy and latterly Royal Australian Navy aircraft marked as 361 and it was on the UK Civil Register as G-CBEL.
It was then exported to Australia where it was registered as VH-SFW. In June 2016 it was imported back into the UK by its new owners, Anglia Aircraft Restorations Ltd and re-registered again as G-CBEL.
The aircraft has been refurbished and repainted, by Air Leasing Ltd, in the colours of one of Hawker’s Sea Fury prototypes coded SR661, which was a modified Fury Mk.II with a tail hook fitted, but without the folding wings included on subsequent production Sea Fury’s.
The aircraft is powered by a Bristol Centaurus 18 engine as originally fitted to production aircraft. These engines are no longer produced, very few survive and they are increasingly rare, so many Fury II/Sea Fury's are fitted with either the American Wright R-3350 or Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines instead, as these are more numerous and easier to get hold of with plenty of available spares compared to the Bristol Centaurus.
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My parents owned a vineyard in Cloverdale, Ca. Across the river was a municipal airport. One day a Sea Fury was making passes along the length of the narrow valley. I was thunderstruck. I told people that it sounded like 100 Harley’s going full throttle. I’ve loved the Sea Fury ever since. I’ll never forget that day.
A great memory!👍
There's no sound like the Bristol Centaurus.
My new favorite plane,
total beast
Oh, that engine sound. 👍💪🙃
What a great plane. And, might I add, a very smooth pilot on the stick. Take-off and landing were like butter
Awesome! Thanks to everyone who helped preserve and keep this rare aircraft flying!
My dad flew Furies from around 1953-6 and said it was the best of many types he’d flown, no contest. As a kid, he’d regale me with stories of various flying capers, but I was too young for him to communicate the experience properly, or the pure joy and exhilaration of flying one of the fastest piston-engined aircraft ever built. He would describe Hoffman cartridges being used to get the huge prop turning,how tricky to manoeuvre on the ground because of the Fury’s massive nose, but then the awesome power as he’d open up the throttle and what an incredibly smooth-handling and responsive plane once airborne.
Thank you for this excellent video. It helps me connect, at least a little now as a older guy, to my late dad’s experiences flying this beauty. 🙏
Was your Dad in the military or flying them as a civilian? If military, it would be interesting to know his unit and where he was when he flew them, if you know. Imagine landing one of these beasts on the relatively short deck of a pitching and rolling aircraft carrier. I'm glad that this brought back some good memories of your dad for you and that you enjoyed the film.👍
@@HighFlight hi! Dad flew Furies (& Tempests, Harvards, DC3s and Supermarine Attacker jets for the Brit-trained/supplied Royal Pakistan Airforce- as it was back then.
I have his log book (and his no.9 Squadron silk flying scarf) along with quite a few photos. Treasured.
I’m abroad just now but can check other units/squadrons he served with when I get home.
My mum has memories of dad showing off by flying his Fury over her family home and waggling his wings as he did so. This didn’t endear him to her already very skeptical parents!
@@timdrums1 Very interesting indeed. There seems to be very little information published about the (Royal) Pakistan Air Force and even less photographs, especially of their early aircraft such as Tempest II, Fury, Attackers. I found reference to No. 9 Squadron who formed a Fury display team called The Red Dragons, and only 1 picture. Very few books on the subject. I would guess that your dad's photos and memorabilia are very rare considering the subject matter and you are right to treasure your Dad's history. If your mum has more memories try and get them written down if you can. It's little things like your dad showing off flying his Fury over her home that add a very important human story to peoples experiences with these wonderful machines. Thanks for these wonderful stories. Steve.
Personally, as an aircraft mechanic, I hate cartridge starters.
They're damaging as can be to any engine. Piston, turbine or otherwise.
That aside, it makes for a SUPERBLY theatrical start. 😂❤
@@davecrupel2817 This one now has a battery electric start.
Awesome to see one with the Centaurus. Great sound.
Magnificent machine, beautiful display, excellent cinematography and sound, ending most satisfactorily with the shutdown. Thank you so much.
Thankyou for your kind comment and for enjoying the film. Hopefully I will have more and better to come! 👍
Good to see a plane video done with a proper camera. The prop looks like a whirling one, not a windmill. And no distracting music.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the film. 👍
@@HighFlight I've also released a video of this aircraft and am seriously considering a proper semi professional camcorder to film aircraft and wildlife.
So what shutter speed were you filming at to get the propeller blur so good please ?
@@andrewdking Andrew, I film with a Sony FDR-AX53 Camcorder. For this I used 1/50th second but 1/60th would also be fine. I also have a ND8 (Neutral Density 8) filter (sunglasses for a camera!) fitted over the lens. This prevents the film from being over exposed at 1/50 in bright sunlight. Steve.
@@HighFlight That's a very good video for a handycam. I looked it up and it's got some new fancy microphone, which definitely comes through. I use a Sony phone because its video technology is similar to their professional cameras but obviously is limited by its zooming capabilities. However, it does have the ability to set the shutter speed, hence me asking.
I'm thinking of also getting a Sony PXW-Z-whatever camcorder, but nowhere has the expertise to advise me 😞
These cameras have various ND filters built in !
@@andrewdking I chose the FDR-AX53 because it has an eye piece as well as an LCD screen, has gimbal stabilisation, 20+ x zoom, 4K quality and is relatively light weight and easy to operate hand held, which is how I shoot all of my films. It's not a true manual setting camera as it only allows one of three manual setting options at a time rather than being able to alter various settings together. Hence the need for an ND filter on the front of the lens. So it depends on how you want to use the camera and how much weight and bulk you're happy with handling. As with anything, it isn't 100% perfect but is always a balanced trade off.
Wonderful sight and sound 🙂🇬🇧
Bristol engine for the win ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That was fabulous - and that sound!! 7:35 that's the only time I haven't wanted to hear a Tiger Moth...
Saw one at Flying Legends last year, marvellous monsterous aircraft
It certainly is. This was the same one that you saw there.👍
@@HighFlight a wonderful day, shame it’s stopped
@@stephentopp1512 Hopefully it'll return somewhere, anywhere, in due course?
@@stephentopp1512 Hopefully it's just a temporary rest?
A great plane very well filmed with a fantastic sound ! Thank you for this stunning video
My pleasure and thank you for enjoying the film and for your nice comment.👍
7:00 Great Sound!!! Like it !!!
I believe that Captain Eric Brown named the Sea Fury and the Bearcat as the two best piston engined fighters he’d ever flown - and he retains the world record for the number of types flown.
His favourite was the DH Hornet if memory serves me well…
@@billbonnington7916 ... i suppose 'best' and 'favourite' can be different things.
Long distance over sea twin engines would be my choice Hornet. Horses for courses.
Yes, I agree with the other respondent. Captain brown is on record saying his "favorite" piston engined aircraft was the DH Hornet, an aircraft that inherited a considerable amount from the Mosquito.
@@billbonnington7916single engined, was the qualifier, (I heard him say this too)..
Fabulous! Love the sound. Fury is beautiful in flight.
There’s an elegance in the Sea Fury’s design that took another 20yrs for jet aircraft designers to reach
Le paroxysme de l'avion à hélice ! Magnifique.
Piston engine aircraft design perfection. 🫡🫠🇦🇺🦘
Arguably the pinnacle of piston engine aircraft design.
Wonderful ! When you combine the expertise of the pilot and the power of the Centaurus , it's a cracking combination . Thankyou
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the film. I'll be filming more of this and similar during 2024.😊
One word says it all - British!
Fantastic, thanks for posting.
Saw this at Clacton airshow fantastic displays on Thursday and Friday. It was my first time seeing it flying in person to definitely a highlight of the show for me. Hopefully it returns next year along with the tempest.
Paul bonhomme did a great job flying this beautiful aircraft.
Great aircraft love seeing it
Excellent videography!!!
Thank you. 👍😊
Great to see & hear the aircraft with the 'proper' Bristol made engine!
Speaking of course as 'Bristolian'.
Now for the Hawker Typhoon!
Sounds gert lush!!
I actually saw that plane when I went to Duxford. Truly an impressive machine
What a beast of an aircraft..what always amazes me is how the pilots see to taxi
Weaving… you can see the pilot doing it around the 9.05 mark
Just plain magnificent!
That's beautiful, Hawkers best combined with Roy Fedden's greatest sleeve valve engine, so smooth and quiet, most of the noise is the prop...no clatter from poppet valves....I believe the civil version of the Centaurus had the longest between overhaul period of ANY piston aero engine, Bristol's and BRISTOLS greatest achievement. Many thanks again
Thanks for a great write up and enjoying the film. 👍😊
Beautiful plane. Wonderful sound, and a terrific disolay. Thanks for posting.
Made my day
Those engines sound soooo much better than the Yank radials fitted to so many.
Yeah IIRC the Centarus engined Fury has 5 blade props the P&W engined ones only 4 blades. Was there a power difference.
The Centaurus was sleeve valved so none of the clatter of tappets, push rods and rockers on USA engines.
The Beaufighter was called Whispering Death by the Japanese because of its quiet approach
@@geoffreytanner7749...you really believe that you will hear valve train over straight pipe stubby exhausts 😂😂😂😂
@@Beaulocks_ It all adds up to the total sound profile.
That has more to do with the valve design (sleeve vs poppet) than anything inherent in the nation of origin.
This is one serious aircraft, and I love it.
Beautiful airplane. Great demo, too.
Great video, love that plane!
Awesome sound ❤
Exquisite soundtrack. Thank you for not adding Andrew Sisters etc music.
My pleasure. 👍
Excellent video, and thanks a lot.
Thanks for enjoying it.👍
Fleet Air Arm Station HMAS Albatross 1960. We witnessed a Fury start up, taxi and take off for a fly-by of the station for our benefit. The sound and pulsating throb of that engine all came back in this video clip. Thank you !!
Thanks for enjoying the film. I'm glad that it helped to bring back some great memories for you.👍Some good silent film here of an airshow in the 1950s at HMAS Albatross, including Sea Furies - www.awm.gov.au/collection/C385214
Great sound !
A great looking aircraft & a demonstration of exactly how restricted the view forward is in a tail sitter with a sodding great radial engine when taxying.
Makes the view from the Spitfire seem wonderful in comparison.
Incredible to think this thing was designed by blokes with slide rules, compasses and protractors
Lovely video of a great aircraft .. thank you.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.👍
Both Beautiful and Menacing… 🫡🇬🇧👍🏻
Saw one of these in Darwin back in the early eighty’s. Magnificent
A wonderful video of a really nice aeroplane, nice that it still has it's proper engine which sounds so much better than the P&W rattler, many thanks for posting this one! Chris B.
Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed it. This is one of my favourite aircraft, especially with the original Centaurus 18. The soon to fly Tempest II (Owned by the same outfit as this one) will also have a Centaurus fitted. A very rare engine type. Navy Wings (formerly RNHF) are aiming to have their Sea Fury FB.11 flying sometime next year - sadly they have had to go with a P&W engine following the loss of their 2 seater and its Centaurus engine a few years ago caused by a catastrophic engine failure in flight shortly after take off.
@HighFlight Surely in the 21st Century we could find the plans and remanufacture such aircraft and engines.
If these made it to WW2 they would OWNED!! They almost did make it. A few months. 460 mph top seed!!! DANG!
This thing is a beast, when you compare it to a fragile looking early war spit.
The howl at the bottom of the dive is 🤗
Bristol radials love them . Hopefully we will get a beaufighter in the air some time .
What a beautiful sound..and rare too I’m hoping to visit in July Americans day it would be great to see her in the flesh thanks for posting Brilliant
Thanks. Hopefully she'll fly for you on 26/7 for 'The Americans Flying Day'. Look out also for her even rarer stable mate, the mighty Hawker Tempest II.👍
Looks like a FW190
What a beautiful airplane. Great piece.
Thanks. As you may have guessed, this is one of my favourites!
@@HighFlight All of the Hawker designs were joys to behold. Although it had a menacing and predatory appearance the Tempest had it's charms as well. Do you know if there are any flying examples of the Tempest in existence?
@@gregmctevia5087 Greg, As of today there are no flying Hawker Tempest's, but that will change very soon. In the UK Mk.II Tempest G-TEMT, MW763 owned by Fighter Aviation Engineering and currently with Air Leasing at Sywell completed 5 hours ground running with its rebuilt Centaurus VII engine on 28 June and had taxi tests on the following day. It could have its first post rebuild flight at any time. It' may be awaiting paperwork clearance with the UK CAA? Fighter Aviation Engineering also have a second Mk.II Tempest airframe, but this may have been used to complete the first and it's currently declared 'non flight' with the CAA registered as G-PEST. A third Tempest II is at an advanced stage of restoration in Canada - MW376 is being meticulously restored by KF Aerospace using a P&W R2800 engine. There's also a Hawker Typhoon under rebuild in the UK - RB396 - utilising a Tempest V airframe, with a planned completion date in a few years time - see here - hawkertyphoon.com
@@HighFlight Looks like FAE's bird will be in the air before the others so keep your video recorder at hand. We wouldn't want to miss the big roll out and first flight after restoration.😉😉😉😉
The Wright Brothers would be really proud. =PC=
Sweet! ❤
HighFlight-- Well done video!! The sound is great, and you put a lens filter on the camera to make the propeller look right. THANK YOU!!!
Thanks. Glad you liked the film. You spotted exactly what I did to get the prop blur.👍
Too delicious! And is that the supercharger I hear whistling? Surely the most beautiful WW2 fighter. And what a silky landing!
I always loved the colour scheme of the Sea Fury but the colour scheme seen here is nice too.
That tiny biplane better get the eff out of the way. I see the pilot has flown a few taildraggers before when he truned around. And a nice little aerobatic show. With that beast. Well done! That plane looks solid. But I would not want to be an engine mechanic on this thing.
The R3350 was manufactured by Wright. P&W manufactured the R2800.
Thanks for the correction, which I've put into the notes. 👍
Пилотирование понравилось. Но он может куда, как круче.
My dad remembers the Sea Fury’s flying in formation with the early jets up and down the harbour where he lived…he said they would just scream!..wonderful plane!..my favourite plane is the Corsair but the Sea Fury is a very close second or even a tie depending on what side of the bed I get out of in the morning!..lol!..great video!
Thanks. Both are great aircraft, but for me the Sea Fury wins primarily for its rarity, especially sally with the Centaurus fitted, plus it's far more powerful than a Corsair. The noise of this one running in for a display at Duxford last time I was there was simply hair raising.👍
@@HighFlight the Centaurus engine was an engineering marvel and was in fact a better engine than the PW R2800 in terms of power cu/in of displacement but I will say it wasn’t as reliable…that being said the sleeve valve design gave it a sound all its own and it produced power across a wider band…incredibly impressive engine to say the least!…the Brits had very good luck with theirs especially in Korea and if I’m not mistaken, they never lost one to enemy fire…they also shot down one or two Migs with them!..the latest model Corsairs would definitely give the Fury/Sea Fury a run for its money but the Fury had slightly better performance…at least on paper!..
i Air Force Hawker Fury ISS (Iraqi Single Seat), G-CBEL, SR661 love louis shirley
What?
Is it just me or does the fury seem more capable and sound better than the spit'? Stunning aircraft!
More modern design with more power……. so yes, most probably. A true beast of a plane 🙂🇬🇧
I should have studied more at school so l could get a better job and save enough to be a Fury owner/pilot.
I wanna fly it!
Thanks for a nice (and rare) video. Correction. Many are fitted with the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 *or* the *Wright R-3350* 🙂
Thank you and I';m glad you liked the film. Yes, the right engine is incredibly rare. I'd rather see them flying with another engine than not at all. Such a pity that more Centaurus engines aren't available.
British FW 190!
The Sea Fury is the penultimate piston engine fighter aircraft
I don't know how much longer the few Centaurus-engined planes will be able to keep flying, these engines are over 70 years old and none of the original technicians are around any more and spares are almost unobtainable - the Centaurus fitted to the restored Tempest took seven years to restore.
Which is probably why Navy Wings will be installing a different engine in their single seat Sea Fury after the Centaurus fitted 2 seater was written off in a forced landing resulting from engine failure?
Unfortunately the P&W isn’t bulletproof either. The other 2 seater was also badly damaged a couple of years ago I think when its P&W also failed. All these engines were at the limit of technology at the time they were designed and built and they failed regularly in service. Time unfortunately hasn’t made them more reliable. The later Centaurus engines in airliiners and transport aircraft did get up to quite impressive time between overhaul’s though. Seems lack of the special sleeve valve lub oil is a significant reason for the Centaurus becoming very rare in the air unfortunately…
The difference between the Centaurus and the Pratt&Whitney is quite distinctive,the former sounds a lot smoother,i expect due to being sleeve valve.?
It’s also much quieter IRL. There’s nothing sounds like a Centaurus Sea Fury.
With Clostermann saying the Tempest V was a bit intimidating, I assume this one's a grip-with-both-buttocks experience.
looks like a folkrwolf with spitfire wings
Fain 5:50
Luping 6:11
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Pentru 7:27 gama 7:37 acrobatica 8:06
It must be a bit complicated to steer with the brakes and rudder at the same time.
Beautiful aircraft. Is it a Sea Fury?
It's a derivative of the Sea Fury that was adapted and sold to the Iraqi Air Force for land based operations only. Called the Fury Mk.II Iraqi Single Seat (ISS), it was manufactured without folding wings, tail hook or any of the design features or equipment required for shipborne aircraft carrier deck operations. In all other respects it is the same as a Sea Fury.
@@HighFlight - Thank you for clarifying. Yes I did notice that it didn't have an arrester hook, hence the query.
As good as the Sea Fury was, I'd have loved to have seen the Fury Sabre, the ultimate in British piston engined aircraft.
That certainly would have been something to see. Such a pity that they scrapped both of the Sabre prototypes that flew.
What most people don't realize is when these airplanes and their pilots were alerted they didn't sit on the ground for 10 minutes warming up their engines they started thm up and checked fuel and oil pressure and off they went otherwise the mission they were on would have been purposeless
A very good point.Plus the engines were designed for the aircraft to be flown at full or close to full power for long periods, although with plenty of engines and spares available at the time the engines were not expected to last that long, unlike today.
Geez its running good?..(little exhaust smoke)..
Grüße aus Deutschland, leider ist mir das Flugzeug nicht geläufig, sehr schöne Optik und toller sound. Was für ein Motor wurde verbaut?
Grüße aus England. Der Motor dieser Sea Fury ist ein Radialventilmotor der Marke Bristol Centaurues mit 18 Hülsenventilen. Deutschland kaufte 1959/60 acht ehemalige zweisitzige T.20 Sea Furys der britischen Royal Navy und nutzte sie zum Zielschleppen.
What a beautiful plane! Reminiscent of the FW190 but with a grace elegance absent from anything German built.
I suspect that some of the design features of the FW190 were copied, as at least 1 FW190 was captured in England before the design development of the Fury/Sea Fury, although I have never heard of any written evidence that is the case. That said, this aircraft is far larger and more powerful than the FW190 and yes, grace and elegance is a very apt description.👍
@@HighFlight
Suspect?! ... Clearly, there's no denying the Fury Series were virtually a direct (albeit, vastly improved) copy/result of the ['captured'] Fw 190, regardless of what any leading authority has since published/mentioned of its design and developmental lineage - all one has to do is simply look at the Fury's profile to see the connection ... The British Air ministry [then] didn't fear the _Würger_ out of nothing, and were adamant on doing something immediately to counter it.
Great plane, thx for the vid.
Small correction: most of the re-engined Sea Furys got the Wright 3350 under the cowl.
Greetings from Switzerland.
Thankyou and for the correction. Best wishes from England.👍
Loqvw the sound. Mire aggressive than the Wright radials. Looks like that one is due an overhaul soon, burning a bit of oil...
Old joke but probably has some truth. It was often said that Blackburn Beverly crew navigated on the way out then followed the oil slick left by the 4 Centaurus engines home. This one is doing the usual sleeve valve smoky thing at low revs, nothing to worry about
Britain’s Ta-152
Sounds like a diesel loco, brutal.
Oh 2:06 iubire 😊 2:19
Start 1:12
Oh 2:06 iubire 😊 2
Royal 4:2
Force 4:49
Yum 😋
Amazing how British radials seem to lack the barking exhaust note of American ones. To Chris Smith i'm not sure but wiki will give you comparison figures for the R2800
Oh Look! A Radial Engine? Who got that to work? The man that made the FW-190. When did this bird come out? After they inspected an FW-190!
The FW 190 was powered by a copy of a Pratt a Whitney. Germany had a licence to build them
Radials were built long before the fw 190 was a twinkle in anybodies eye.
Looks like it's burning a bit of oil there 😮
The sleeve valve engine is designed to use a large amount of oil in lubrication of the sleeve Nothing to be concerned about,😊.unless your Greta Thunberg of course 😂
@@davidsaunders2906 🤣🤣😂good answer
@@davidsaunders2906Childish.
Great aircraft. Engine seems to be running a bit rich though.
It’s not so much the mixture. The engine runs a total loss oil system, I believe.
@@thethirdman225ah ok
I see it smoking a bit after landing (Burning oil) is this normal?
Yes, it's normal as the Centaurus has a total loss oil system - if you leave it running long enough without refilling oil, it will burn it all.
Tally ! Huns at 12 !
What a great sounding ingen and a buteful machine.
sieht aus wie eine Focke-Wulf FW 190!!
FW 190
Much bigger
Does anyone know why it starts to smoke on taxi back? Plugs already starting to foul up?
Possibly? I did notice that the exhausts were running clean before take off, but some were distinctly smokey when it taxied back after landing 55 minutes later. The aircraft was due to display at its home field on the following evening but had to shut down and scrub the flight for some reason which may be connected?
My understanding is that the lubricating oil is part of a total loss system.
@@thethirdman225 no total loss, only minor losses from the sleeve valves, i was working as mecanic on Hercules engines (Noratlas) and they did not eat more oil than US radial engines...
@@leneanderthalien Recent research showed me that the Centaurus was fed by a 112 pint oil tank and consumed 12-20 pints per hour. Total loss means that oil could not be recovered. I'm not sure what the figures were for the Napier Sabre but I imagine it was similar. In any case, I suspect that is what is showing as smoke.
What was the consumption like for the Hercules, if you don't mind?
As @thethirdman225 said it's a total loss oil system as I understand it. If it didn't smoke taxing in, then there is a problem! Hot oil goes up outside the sleeve and just gets burnt as you see in the video. Great video thanks!