Fairey Firefly I

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For the British two-seat carrier fighter-bomber of World War II, see Fairey Firefly.

The Fairey Firefly was a British fighter of the 1920s from Fairey Aviation. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane of mixed construction.

Development

The Firefly was a private-venture design, penned by Marcel Lobelle. It was first flown on 9 November 1925 by Norman Macmillan.^[1] The Air Ministry did not pursue the project, partly because of the American Curtiss engine used ^[2] and partly because of its wooden construction ^[1] and the Firefly I did not enter production.

Specifications (Firefly I)

Data from The Complete Book of Fighters^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 24 ft 10 in (7.57 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Height: 9 ft 1 in (2.76 m)
Wing area: 236.8 ft² (22.0 m²)
Loaded weight: 2,724 lb (1,236 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss D.12C 12-cylinder inline liquid-cooled, 430 hp ()

Performance

Maximum speed: 185 mph (298 km/h)
Time to 5,000 ft (1,525 m), 2.4 min

Armament

2 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns

References

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↑ 1.0 1.1 Mason, Francis K (1992). The British Fighter since 1912. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-082-7.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Green, W; Swanborough, G (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. Smithmark. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

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Fairey Firefly I

Development

Specifications (Firefly I)

See also

References