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Hawker Sea Fury - Warbird Tech Vol. 37

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For any fan of the Reno Unlimited races or any dye-hard aviation nut, nothing sounds nicer than the bariton hum of the Bristol Centaurus piston engine of the Hawker Sea Fury. Produced only after the end of WW2, the Sea Fury is one of the best single engine fighter planes ever produced by the British aviation industry before the Hunter jet from the same company. The present book provides a good amount of historical information, ample B&W illustrations and a good mix of close-ups and technical drawings all of which should please modelers as well. Kev Darling's work is well researched and even details today's privately owned Sea Furies in the USA and out of country. A good book.

You really have to be a fan of British aviation to buy this book. The Sea Fury was build by Hawker, most famous for the Hawker Hurricane. This plane began service just after WW2. A huge 2,480 HP engine on a light (under 10,000 lb) airframe made for a very fast piston engine plane. It saw some service in the Korean war as ground support.

The book is fine - has plenty of clear photos, color photos, line drawings. There's a lot of history of the planes civilian service as a racer. I gave this four stars because it spent a lot of time telling you exactly what proceedures a pilot would use to fly the Sea Fury, but little compairing it to other planes. Basic data such as HP, speed, range, arament is buried in the text. Since the Corsair was a contemporary carrier based plane, seeing how they matched up would have added interest to the book.

If you've "got to have it", it's a good book. I certainly would not spend more than $14.00 for it new, which is what I paid.