Fairey Firefly - History - Documental

Fairey Firefly - History - Documental - Educational

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The Fairey Firefly manufactured by Fairey Aviation Company, Ltd. is a British World War II era carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft. The Fairey Firefly was a low-wing single-engine monoplane, with two separate cockpits. The pilot's cockpit was mounted above the wing leading edge, while the observer's cockpit was smoothly faired into the rear fuselage, starting above the wing trailing edge. The Fairey Firefly flew during World War II as a strike aircraft. After World War II the Fairey Firefly remained in service in both the UK and in Australia flying anti-ship missions off various aircraft carriers in the Korean War and serving in the ground-attack role in Malaya. The maiden flight of the Fairey Firefly took place on the 22nd December 1941 and it went into service in 1943. Primary user was the Fleet Air Arm. There were approx. 1,702 Fairey Firefly produced between 1941 and 1955. The last Fairey Firefly retired from service to the Fleet Air Arm in 1956.

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@Twirlyhead 3 жыл бұрын

All these people dissing the Firefly as a kind of sniffy kneejerk thing really need to do some reading.The Mk1 Firefly was a decent plane for its job and the much faster MK2 was excellent.

@theshadowsovereign8914 2 жыл бұрын

I used a few seconds f this clip in my video, hope you don't mind and Thank You. I always credit. :D

@jamiebillington1627 6 жыл бұрын

"Outstanding performance" "great as fighter or fighter bomber" A C C U R A T E

@garethbarnes3680 2 жыл бұрын

Fitted with 4 cannons..and rockets etc al...a pretty useful plane I'd say

@carmium Жыл бұрын

What was with Fairey that they insisted on ballasting down "fighters" with a second crewman? You'd think they'd learn from the Battle (I know, a supposed bomber), and the Fulmar that it was a needless handicap.

@dclark142002 10 ай бұрын

Requirements from the navy...

@burroaks7 5 жыл бұрын

the pseudo ac/dc at the end gets me lmfao

@pascalchauvet7625 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, I actualy saw one take off with those special flaps at Yeovilton 1983, but the two-crewmember-concept crippled its performance, speed being not much better than a 1940 battle of Britain Hawker Hurricane

@brucelamberton8819 2 жыл бұрын

WHY ON EARTH DID YOU PUT THAT MUSIC TRACK OVER IT???

@prowlus 2 жыл бұрын

Basically a fairey fulmar on steroids

@bigip9411 3 жыл бұрын

Я тот единственный русский в коментариях

@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын

Not the best *history doc...

@Dog.soldier1950 6 жыл бұрын

2d rate aircraft when brand new

@barrierodliffe4155 6 жыл бұрын

They were very good and did just fine, still in service in the korean war.

@magistrumartium 6 жыл бұрын

But it looks cool. I just saw one up close, at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in Dartmouth, NS. Looks great. Nice design.

@anthonywilson4873 3 жыл бұрын

Horses for courses it’s not a Seafire. Compare it to similar plane like the Avenger. Two seater and a long range bomber recon with airborne radar, probably could make a decent cup of tea too.

@MsEliasc 5 жыл бұрын

..good music, -made byeyourself?

@KevTheImpaler 6 жыл бұрын

How can a plane that can only just do over 300 mph be described as having outstanding performance?

@barrierodliffe4155 6 жыл бұрын

316 mph at first and 375 mph by the Mk II. The outstanding performance is compared to a Grumman Avenger or other similar planes.

@KevTheImpaler 6 жыл бұрын

Isn't it supposed to be a fighter though? 316 mph for a late war fighter with a Griffon engine is not that good.

@barrierodliffe4155 6 жыл бұрын

Fighter/ bomber, strike fighter. Late war? the Firefly came out in 1943 and served very well in Korea, retired by the Royal Navy in 1956. Remember this was a carrier fighter bomber at the time when the F 4 Wildcat single seat fighter did just 320 mph The F 6 Hellcat was faster but so was the Firefly Mk II, I would rather be in a Firefly than a slow Avenger. What was the Avenger meant to be, it carried a similar load to the Firefly but much slower.

@KevTheImpaler 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, but in 1943 the RAF were introducing the Typhoon as a strike fighter and that could fly 90mph faster. The Firefly was twice the weight of a Spitfire IX, why?

@barrierodliffe4155 6 жыл бұрын

No the Typhoon was introduced in 1941 and in 1942 it was used for ground attack. But not from a carrier. The Firefly was heavier than the smaller spitfire but not much heavier than a P 51. The Firefly was not meant to be a single seat fighter, it was a fighter bomber and strike fighter meant to fly for hundreds of miles at sea with bombs or rockets. The grumman Avenger was heavier, slower, did not carry any more and did not go as far so what was the point of the Grumman Avenger?