Fairey Firefly
Fairey Firefly ("kresnica") je bil britanski palubni lovec iz obdobja 2. svetovne vojne. Imel je nizko nameščeno kantilever krilo in uvlačljivo pristajalno podvozje z repnim kolesom. Poganjal ga je 12-valjni Rolls-Royce Griffon V-motor. Firefly je bil bolj sposoben in močneje oborožen kot njegov predhodnik Fulmar, se je pa Firefly pojavil šele proti koncu vojne.
Fairey Firefly | |
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Fairey Firefly FR.1 | |
Vloga | Palubni lovec |
Proizvajalec/-ci | Fairey Aviation Company, Ltd. |
Krstni polet | 22. december 1941 |
Predstavljen | 1943 |
Upokojen | 1956 (Fleet Air Arm) |
Glavni uporabnik | Fleet Air Arm (Kraljeva mornarica) |
Izdelovan | 1941-1955 |
Število izdelanih | 1702 |
Med 2. svetovno vojno je letalo uporabljala britanska Fleet Air Arm (Kraljeva mornarica). Po vojni so letalo izvozili v Avstralijo, Kanado, Dansko, Nizozemsko, Indijo, Švedsko in Tajsko.
Specifikacije (Mk I) uredi
Podatki iz British Naval Aircraft since 1912; Thetford 1978, p. 171
Splošne karakteristike
- Posadka: 2
- Dolžina: 37 ft 7¼ in (11,46 m)
- Razpon kril: 44 ft 6 in (13,57 m)
- Višina: 13 ft 7 in (4,14 m)
- Površina kril: 328 ft² (30,5 m²)
- Teža praznega letala: 9750 lb (4432 kg)
- Naložena teža: 14020 lb (6373 kg)
- Pogon letala: 1 × 12-valjni V-motor Rolls-Royce Griffon IIB, 1730 KM (1290 kW)
Zmogljivost
- Maks. hitrost: 316 mph (275 vozlov, 509 km/h) na višini 14000 čevljev (4300 m)
- Doseg: 1300 milj (1130 nmi, 2090 km)
- Višina leta: 28000 ft (8530 m)
- Čas do višine 3050 m: 5 min 45 sek
Oborožitev
- Strelno orožje: 4 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 topoovi
- Rakete: 8 × RP-3 "60 lb" rakete
- Bombe: 2 × 1000 lb (454 kg) bombi (pod krili
Glej tudi uredi
Sklici uredi
Bibliografija uredi
- Bridgman, Leonard (1988). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.
- Brown, Eric, CBE, DCS, AFC, RN., William Green and Gordon Swanborough. "Fairey Firefly". Wings of the Navy, Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War Two. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1980, pp. 145–157. ISBN 0-7106-0002-X.
- Bishop, Chris and Soph Moeng, ed.The Aerospace Encyclopedia of Air Warfare, Vol. 2: 1945 to the Present (World Air Power Journal). London: AIRtime Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-874023-88-3.
- Bussy, Geoffrey. Fairey Firefly: F.Mk.1 to U.Mk.9 (Warpaint Series 28). Milton Keynes, UK: Hall Park Books Ltd., 2001. OCLC 65202534.
- Buttler, Tony. British Secret Projects: Fighters & Bombers 1935-1950. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-85780-179-2.
- Harrison, William A. Fairey Firefly - The Operational Record. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1992. ISBN 1-85310-196-6.
- Harrison, William A. Fairey Firefly in Action (Aircraft number 200). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 2006. ISBN 0-89747-501-1.
- Mason, Tim. The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945. Manchester, UK: Hikoki, 1998. ISBN 0-9519899-9-5.
- Taylor, H.A. Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-00065-X.
- Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft since 1912. London: Putnam, Fourth edition, 1978. ISBN 0-370-30021-1.
- Thomas, Graham. Furies and Fireflies over Korea: The Story of the Men and Machines of the Fleet Air Arm, RAF and Commonwealth Who Defended South Korea 1950-1953. London: Grub Street, 2004. ISBN 1-904010-04-0.
- Wilson, Stewart. Sea Fury, Firefly and Sea Venom in Australian Service. Weston Creek, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1993. ISBN 1-875671-05-6.
Zunanje povezave uredi
- Video of Fairey Firefly Mk 5 taxiing at an airshow
- Shearwater Aviation Museum Firefly restoration Arhivirano 2007-05-02 na Wayback Machine.
- Warbird Registry - Fairey Firefly
- "Royal Navy's Firefly Is a Deadly Fighter-Scout." Popular Mechanics, February 1945, p. 11.