HAWKER SEAFURY Low, Loud & Fast

Holy smokes look at the power of that thing. I never thought a prop can be THAT fast.

Can't fault them for replacing the original quirky Centaurus sleeve-valve engine, and its extreme maintenance overhead, for the reliable push-rod Wright... still, that 5-bladed prop was bad ass!

The late WW2/early Cold war piston-engined fighters were something else. Gorgeous machines. I can imagine a fighter pilot's reluctance to swap a Sea Fury or a Tempest for ugly contraptions like a Meteor or a Canberra.

I just saw this clip on Instagram

THE WAY THAT PROP BUZZES BY AT HIGH SPEED. GOOSEBUMPS

There were no computers to help with design but, we had the Germans engineers at this point.

I want one. Always have

Most excellent display

Excellent

Love that Lycoming sound

Saw this fly at an airshow at Wagga Wagga Australia in 1993 made the mark 8 spitfire there that day look slow!

Jyst before the close of ww2 the UK had ironed out rhe problems with the Bristol Centaurus engine and planned to deploy Hawker Tempest Mk2 s to the far east. Predecessor to the Fury 440 odd mph and range of 1700 miles

Just missef ww2 ! What a beast.

Top speed?

i don't even like the airshow bits they do with warbirds. i just want the start-up, taxi, take-off, low pass, landing. especially the taxi. the hawker sea fury is such a beautiful bird. what a sleek design and great livery, too.

Such a fantastic aircraft…and British!🇬🇧

3000 hp sleeve valve 18 cylinder radial.

How agile was the Seafury? If I was in a German aircraft and saw one of these planes heading towards me, grab a parachute 😂

What camera has been used to record this video? There is none of the usual crappy freezing of propellers here, just a nice soft blurring, the way we see it with our own eyes!

Beautiful sound... beautiful plane

Beautiful.

What a wonderfull plane

That has got to be one of the most beautiful airplanes ever!! ❤.

British engineering is the best!! ❤

Se te pone la piel de gallina al escuchar el poder de ese motor radial. Dios mio!❤❤❤❤❤❤

Looks like late Fw 190 version. But again it has that Tempest/Typhoon look. In other words,it's great,love piston engined fighters,specialy WW2.

MIG killer

Somehow, jets just don't impress the same way?

Stop speed?

このシーフューリーの機体はスピットファイアとF4Uコルセアを半分ずつ混ぜ合わせたみたいな印象でなかなか気に入りました。

During the display, the engine is just ticking over. It would be quite a sight if it did it's display at 3/4 engine power.
She is so sleek and beautiful, she resembles a bigger sister of the Spitfire when airborne.
My word, did we make beautiful aircraft in those far off days.

Hawker did a really good job of copying and updating the FW190.

Sounds right, moves right, got it right, and doesn't it show!

Its funny to think that the Air Ministry felt reluctant about radial engines and prefered inline engines. The Bristol Centurus was the ultimate evolution of the sliding valve engine. I think the Fury was made for this engine.

Awesome. Thank you so much for sharing

So grateful to have discovered this channel. Incredible footage and audio of these amazing planes. Sorry I’m so late to discovering! Subscribed and making my way through the channel now 🙏🏼

I want one

*** soft

It's great - but it doesn't match the wonderful whistle of a Centaurus. I first saw a Sea Fury displaying at Biggin Hill in the early '70s. We were closer to the flight line than would be allowed these days, and the sight and sound of it low and fast was simply incredible!

Beautiful aircraft, beautiful sound!

That thing has to be easily as fast as some of the earliest jets. It took off like no prop-driven plane I've ever seen, and that dive was fast. A very clear culmination of the experience gained in WWII.

PaddyPatrone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just doesn’t get any better! 👍

That engine is something else,a brilliant sound together with stunning looks.

lovely air craft, such a shame she doesn't have her engine😮

Wow!

I wish they flew that low, fast and close in the UK. They fly so high, slow and far away its not kuchen of a show...

Beautiful airplane

One of my absolute favourites.