Fairey Aircraft

Fairey Campania 1917 The Fairey Campania two-seat seaplane got its name from the ex-Cunard ocean liner Campania which ... read more ... One of the criticisms of early Fairey aircraft was aimed at their appearance, for they ... read more ... Fairey III 1917 Fairey F.128 1917 read more ... Built to Air Ministry Specification 6/22, the prototype of what became named the Fairey Flycatcher ... read more ... Fairey Flycatcher 1922 Fairey Fawn 1923 Developed from the Pintail, the Fawn was a light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed to ... read more ... Potentially one of the most exciting aircraft to serve with the RAF in the 1920s, ... read more ... Fairey Fox 1925 Fairey Ferret 1925 In 1926 a proposal was made that the RAF should attempt a non-stop flight to ... read more ... Fairey Long Range Monoplane 1928 Fairey Hendon 1930 Twin 447kW Rolls-Royce Kestrel Vl-engined cantilever low-wing monoplane heavy night bomber, 14 of which were ... read more ... The Fairey Gordon was almost identical to the Fairey IIIF, except for having a 391kW ... read more ... Fairey Gordon 1931 Fairey Seal 1931 The Seal was the Fleet Air Arm version of the Gordon and was operated as ... read more ... Of all aircraft regarded as anachronisms the Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber must be the supreme example, for even back ... read more ... Fairey Swordfish 1934 Fairey S.9/30 / TSR.1 1934 One S.9/30 prototype, first flown on 22 February 1934. One TSR.1 prototype, first flown on ... read more ... One prototype, first flown on 29 March 1934. No production. read more ... Fairey G.4/31 1934 Fairey Battle 1936 Best remembered as the first RAF aircraft to shoot down a German aircraft during World ... read more ... The Seafox was a light two-seat (the rear cockpit enclosed) reconnaissance catapult seaplane, best remembered ... read more ... Fairey Seafox 1936 Fairey Fulmar 1937 The Fulmar was a two-seat Fleet fighter armed with eight 7.7mm Browning machine-guns, four in ... read more ... Two prototypes, first flown on 13 June 1937. No production. read more ... Fairey P.4/34 1937 Fairey Albacore 1938 The Albacore torpedo-bombing biplane was first flown in prototype form on 12 December 1938. During ... read more ... The Barracuda was the first monoplane torpedo bomber to go into service with the FAA. ... read more ... Fairey Barracuda 1940 Fairey Firefly 1941 The Firefly - which in its prototype form first flew on 22 December 1941 - ... read more ... The first prototype flew on July 5, 1945. read more ... Fairey Spearfish 1945 Fairey Gannet 1949 Built to the requirements of a carrier-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft, Fairey's prototype was known ... read more ... Fairey FD.1 1951 Fairey F.D.2 1954 The Delta 2 was built to investigate the characteristics of flight and control at transonic ... read more ...