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 Fairey Aviation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fairey Aviation Company, Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century, notable for a number of important planes, including the Fairey III family and the Fairey Swordfish.
Founded in 1916, Fairey merged with Westland Aircraft in 1960.
The company's first craft was the Fairey Campania, a patrol seaplane that first flew in February 1917.
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 Encyclopedia: Fairey Swordfish
The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War II.
The Fairey Albacore was a single-engine carrier-borne biplane torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation between 1939 and 1943 for the Fleet Air Arm.
Fairey Battle The Fairey Battle was a light bomber of the Royal Air Force built by Fairey Aviation in the late 1930s.
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 Fairey III -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Most Fairey IIIs were powered by (Click link for more info and facts about Napier Lion) Napier Lion 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engines but some, including the Australian IIIDs, were powered by the 375-hp (280 kW) Rolls-Royce Eagle VII.
The naval variants were usually three-seaters; pilot, observer and gunner and the wings would could be folded back parallel to the (The central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)) fuselage for storage aboard ship.
The Fairey III floatplane could also be (Medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles) catapult-launched from a ship.
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 British Aircraft of World War II - FAIREY BARRACUDA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
With crew of three, the Fairey Barracuda had armament of two 0.303-in (7.7-mm) Vickers 'K' guns in rear cockpit and carried one torpedo or 1, 500-lb (681 -kg) mine under fuselage or four 500-lb (227-kg) or six 250-lb (114-kg) bombs under wings.
Fairey Barracuda III: As Mk II with ASV Mk X scanner in ventral radome, for anti-submarine duties.
Fairey Barracuda IV: One Mk II converted to have 1,850 hp Griffon VIII and flown November 16, 1944.
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Fairey IIIF Mark 1, serial S1169 was one of a batch of forty of the type ordered.
S1398 was a Fairey IIIF Mark IIM which was ordered as part of a batch of 39 in September 1929.
Photographed at Bombay, India, is this Fairey III seen in the process of recovery after an accident.
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 British Aircraft of World War II - FAIREY SWORDFISH
Fairey Swordfish I: Initial production con-tract placed April 1935 for 86 aircraft, increased by subsequent contracts to 989 of which 300 were built by Blackburn at Sherburn-in-Elmet (sometimes i.
Fairey Swordfish II: Improved version of Mk I with Pegasus IIIM3 or 775 hp Pegasus 30 engine, introduced 1943, with metal covered undersurfaces of lower wings to permit carriage and launching of eight 60-lb (27-kg) rocket projectiles.
Fairey Swordfish III: As Mk II with ASV Mk X air-to-surface-vessel radar in large radome between undercarriage legs.
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 The Fairey Swordfish, Albacore, & Barracuda
The Mark II and III could also be fitted with underwing rails to carry eight 27 kilogram ("60 pounder") rockets.
Fairey had built 692 and Blackburn 1,699, for a total of 2,391.
Fairey's proposal was accepted "off the drawing board", with the Air Ministry ordering two prototypes and 98 production items of the "Albacore", as it was named, on 12 December 1938.
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 Fairey - Wikipedia
Mit dem Wasserflugzeug Campania entwickelte Fairey seine erste eigene erfolgreiche Maschine, es folgten weitere Konstruktionen wie die Fairey III, Albacore oder Barracuda, und mit der Swordfish gelang der Firma Fairey das erfolgreichste Flugzeug in der Firmengeschichte.
Durch den Übergang von Faireys Unternehmen in den Westland-Konzern im Jahre 1960 und damit verbundenen Problemen zahlte die britische Regierung zunächst zugesicherte Darlehen für das Projekt Rotodyne nicht, und es wurde eingestellt.
Erwähnenswert hinsichtlich der Person Sir Richard Fairey ist sicherlich noch die Tatsache, dass der Yachtbegeisterte während der 1930-er Jahre zusammen mit einem anderen britischen Luftfahrtpionier, Sir Thomas Sopwith, ein gemeinsames Segelboot besaß und die beiden viel Zeit damit verbrachten, dieses Boot zu verbessern und schneller zu machen.
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 Fairey IIIF aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
The second Fairey III, S1800 was at 20 MU in July 1939, thence forwarded for Ground Instructional duties March 1940.
The sole surviving complete Fairey III is a Mk 2 version of the Fairey III D, and is preserved in the Museu da Marinha - Navy Museum (Portugal).
The attempt was made on 30 March 1922, but the Fairey III crashed at the S.Pedro Rocks off the Brazilian coast while landing on the sea for refuelling.
www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Aircraft/FaireyIII.html   (574 words)

  
 Fairey III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The IIIC bomber/reconnaissance model followed, of which 36 were produced, including some converted IIIBs, and a small number of this type operated from Arkhangelsk as bombers for the in 1919.
Most Fairey IIIs were powered by Napier Lion 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engines but some, including the Australian IIIDs, were powered by the 375-hp (280 kW) VII.
The Fairey IIIF was also the basis for development of the and.
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 Fairey Swordfish
Delivered from the private-venture Fairey T.S.R.1, the prototype of the Swordfish (K 4190) was first known as the T.S.R.2 and made its initial flight on 17th April, 1934, powered by 690 h.p.
Later variants were the Mk II (Pegasus III M.3 or or 750 h.p Pegasus 30), featuring a strengthened lower wing to take eight R.Ps., and the Mk.
The Mark II and III could also be fitted with underwing rails to carry eight 27 kilogram (60 pound) rockets as an alternative warload.
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 Fairey III D Floatplanes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The three-seater Fairey III was one of the most modern designs of its time.
The flyers were awarded the 1924 Britannia Trophy, and the flight was classed by the contemporary press "the finest in the history of aviation" Today, the epic achievement is commemorated by the Goble Trophy which is awarded to the most proficient pilot of each course at No 1 AFTS (see "RAAF News", August, 1960).
One version of the Fairey III D, had its wings and landing gear altered in order to adapt it for the crossing of the South Atlantic in 1922.
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 uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - Fairey Swordfish
A Fairey Swordfish Mk.III with ASV Mk.XI radar between its wheel legs, dipole arrays on its wings struts, and rocket launching rails under the wings.
The precursor of the Swordfish, the Fairey PV, was designed by Marcel Lobelle as a private venture to meet an order from the Greek Navy, which wanted a torpedo-bomber and spotter-reconnaissance aircraft.
Fairey Swordfish: desuet mais efficace, by Alain Marchand, in Le Fana de l'Aviation Nr.291, Fevrier 1994.
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The Fairey IIID over Cape Point is one of four RAF aircraft of the same type to arrive in South Africa on the 2nd of April, 1926.
The Fairey III is one of the most successful Fairey designs.
The Fairey III served with front-line squadrons 823, 824, 825 from 1933-1936 when replaced by the Fairey Seal and Fairey Swordfish.
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 1922 in aviation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
March 13 - Portuguese pilots Cpt Gago Coutinho and Cpt Sacadura Cabral leave Lisbon to attempt the first crossing of the South Atlantic by air.
They arrive in Brazil on June 16, in the third Fairey III they use for the trip.
August 25 - Cpt and are rescued from the Bay of Bengal when their round-the-world attempt in a Fairey III is thwarted by engine failure.
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 CATF
FAIREY FIREFLY FR.4, VG966 "BD-G", 825 Sqn RCN, HMCS Magnificent, 1949 [A0462]
FAIREY FLYCATCHER, N9961 "9", 403 Flt FAA, HMS Hermes, 1928 [A0569]
FAIREY FULMAR I, N1892 "6K", 808 Sqn RNAS, HMS Victorious, December 1940 [A0207]
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 San Diego CityBEAT
It was Andre the Giant, lored professional wrestler stricken with the disease of giantism that made him a star of grotesque physicality—yet also made his life awfully short, a victim of fate’s vicious sense of irony.
The artist was Shepard Fairey, a street-paster who dodged cops to use the abundance of “free spaces” in San Diego to display his propaganda art.
The fact that these separate groups have chosen to combine forces instead of race to divide the ever-shrinking youth art crowd not only guarantees that urban rennaissancers have 23 different creative visions of modern art, but also that those 23 visions are being exhibited at all.
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 Encyclopedia: Fairey III
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of World War I. When the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was founded on April 13, 1912 it was intended to encompass all military flying.
The Lion was a 12-cylinder W-block inline aircraft engine built by Napier and Son starting in 1917, and ending in the 1930s.
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 Fairey Barracuda
After 30 production Mk I's powered by Rolls Royce Merlin 30 of 1,300 hp, it was followed by the Mk II with the 1,640 hp Merlin 32, which became the most important model with 1688 built.
The Mk III was equipped with the new ASV anti-submarine radar equipment, a Mk II was converted to prototype and flew in 1943.
First production Mk III's became available in early 1944 and finally 852 were delivered.
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 Fairey Motors Online- Orangeburg SC New Car Dealership - Tradition of Customer Service.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His son, Joe K. Fairey, II served as dealer operator in St. Matthews from 1949 to 1989.
In 1989, Joe K. Fairey, III became the third generation dealer operator of Fairey Motor Company.
In 1993, Fairey Motor Company moved to a new facility at its present location on Highway 601 (St. Matthews Road) in Orangeburg, S.C. In 1997, Fairey Chevrolet acquired the Oldsmobile and Cadillac franchises thus becoming Fairey Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac.
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 Aviación De Fairey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
El Fairey Aviation Company, Ltd era fabricante de avión británico de la primera mitad del vigésimo siglo, notable para un número de planos importantes, incluyendo la familia de Fairey III y los peces espadas de Fairey.
Fundado en 1916, Fairey se combinó con el avión de Westland en 1960.
Fairey III - familia grande del biplano, comenzando tarde 1917
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 Shearwater Aviation Museum
No. 825 Squadron, equipped with 12 Fairey III F's, continued to serve on Eagle in the China Station in the spotter reconnaissance role.
These aircraft were replaced in November with 12 Fairey Firefly FR I's that were given to Canada as part of Britain's war claim settlement.
By the end of the year all of the pilots and 60 percent of the maintenance ratings were Canadians; observers were in short supply and none would be available to relieve their British counterparts in 825 until a group graduated from course in the summer.
www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca /squadrons/825sqn.htm   (1793 words)

  
 Lincolnshire Aircraft Preservation Trust (LINCAIR)
The first aircraft to land at RAF Binbrook when the station opened in July 1940 were the Fairey Battle bombers of 12 and 142 Squadron.
The Fairey Aviation Company Ltd binder is dated Draft of March 1951 and updated 18th April 1970.
It details the Fairey Battle camouflage scheme and the RAF 12 Squadron AASF markings for Fairey Battle III (P2332) piloted by Flying Officer N. Thomas lost on the famous 'Bridge Raids'.
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 Fairey III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
El Fairey III era una familia de los biplanos británicos del reconocimiento que gozaron de una historia muy larga de la producción y del servicio en variantes del avión terrestre y del hidroavión.
El floatplane de Fairey III se podía también catapulta-lanzar de una nave.
Un solo ejemplo del Fairey III se preserva en el da Marinha (museo naval) de Museu de Portugal.
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 Fairey Aviation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century, notable for a number of important planes, including the Fairey III family and the Fairey Swordfish.
1916, Fairey merged with Westland Aircraft in 1960.
Fairey III - large biplane family, starting late
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 Jordan Taps Star Squad of Carmelo Anthony, Tommy Davidson, Charles Stone III and Shepard Fairey for New Marketing ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The commercials will break during the Vibe Awards, to be televised on UPN on Tuesday, November 16, of which Jordan is a presenting sponsor.
Marking a bold move for the brand, national print advertising was created by Shepard Fairey, known as one of the most prolific street artists of his generation, who has produced memorable graphics -- most notably the Obey Giant images -- that have spread through urban centers all over the world.
All of these elements make for a campaign that sets the stage for the future -- and that future is embodied by the legacy of MJ and emergence of Carmelo, who is truly a rising force in the league.
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 Model Photo Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Grumman Avenger ECM.6 Fairey Swordfish Mk.I Douglas Skyraider AD4W Curtiss Helldiver Blackburn Dart
Corsair IV Supermarine Seafire XV Westland Wessex HU5, Grumman Martlet III, Curtis Seamew 1 Nieuport (Gloster) Nightjar, Hawker Nimrod 1
Fairey Gannet AS1 Grumman Hellcat McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1
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 Fairey Swordfish
Fairey Swordfish Mk I: producidos por Blackburn (1940-41), 300 construidos.
Fairey Swordfish Mk II: producidos por Blackburn (1941-44) motor Pegasus 30 de 750hp; plano inferior con revestimiento metalico; 1080 construidos, algunos convertidos a Mk IV con cabina cerrada.
Fairey Swordfish Mk III: producidos por Blackburn (1944), motor Pegasus 30, radar ASV (ejemplares con cohetes subalares), 327 construidos, algunos convertidos a Mk IV con cabina cerrada.
www.europa1939.com /aviones/bombarderos/swordfish.html   (839 words)

  
 Avalanche Press
Fairey Fox: The Belgian air force had remained true to the biplane as its primary type of aircraft.
A total of 40 II models were built including two trainers and 12 reconnaissance versions, with 55 type IIIs (six reconnaissance), 76 type VIs (24 reconnaissance) and 15 type VIIIs (all fighters).
Fairey Battle: Essentially a low-wing monoplane fighter with an extended fuselage to allow for extra crew members.
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