Hawker Sea Fury Mk10 for the Tempest Slot in European Air War

This Hawker Sea Fury replaces the Tempest in EAW, and is intended for use with ECA (Enemy Coast Ahead) Control Panel. The Sea Fury takes the place of the Tempest, using ECA Control Panel v3.4 or later.

To install, just unzip the *.TPC, *.3DZ, *.MPC and *.WSP files in this zip file and copy them into your EAW directory (the one with EAW.EXE in it). 

You will have a new aircraft 3D shape, with a new skin, and even a new hangar screen to go with them. I have also included JWC's new Wide View Tempest cockpit files, to better simulate the all-round view from the Sea Fury. 

To un-install, simply remove those files from your EAW directory.

I have included four different skin options in this zip file:
1. Royal Navy (RN) skin.
2. Royal Australian Navy (RAN) skin.
3. Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) skin.
4. Blank naval skin (so you can try your own artwork).
In each case these are fictional but typical skins from aircraft on active naval air arm service in the late 1940's or early 1950's. The default skin when you open this zip file is the RN skin. The RAN, RCN and blank skins are contained in the zip files AusFury.zip, CanFury.zip and BlankFury.zip respectively. The enclosed JPG pictures show the different skins on the aircraft.

The Sea Fury 3D shape and the new hangar screen are by me, and the skins are a joint effort of Jamie Richards and me. The sharpened virtual-cockpit dials are by Angeleyes of the 666th Red Skulls, and the hangar screen animation-stopper file (TMPSTFLY.WSP) is from -E. The only possible conflict with this aircraft arises from the fact that the Fury uses the 5-bladed propellor from the EAW Spitfire XIV, so if you load a completely dissimilar 3D shape and skin into the Spitfire XIV slot, you may get an oddly coloured propellor in-flight in the Fury.

History of the Hawker Sea Fury
The Hawker Fury was designed by Sydney Camm (the designer of the Hurricane, inter alia) in 1943, as a smaller, lighter version of the Hawker Tempest. It was not used in service during WWII, but might have been, if the war had lasted longer. It made its first prototype flight in February 1945. At the end of WWII the RAF cancelled its production contracts, in preference to jets. The Royal Navy continued with the aircraft, naming it the Sea Fury, and it became the Fleet Air Arm's last piston-engined fighter. 

The Sea Fury was fast, being powered by a 2480 hp Bristol Centaurus 18 eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial engine. Maximum speed was 460 mph at 18,000 feet. An altitude of 30,000 feet could be reached in 10.8 minutes. Range without external tanks was 700 miles, and 1040 miles with two drop tanks. Service ceiling was 35,600 feet. Weights were 9240 lbs empty and 12,500 lbs loaded. Armament was four 20-mm Hispano cannon in the wings, plus underwing racks for bombs, drop tanks, and/or rockets.

Five RN Fleet Air Arm squadrons were equipped with the Sea Fury, and it saw widespread service with other navies and air forces, including those of Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Pakistan, Burma, Egypt and Cuba. 

The Royal Australian Navy Sea Furies saw extensive action in Korea, operating from the carrier HMAS Sydney. Five RN squadrons also used the aircraft in Korea, operating from HMS Ocean, HMS Theseus, and HMS Glory. They were primarily used as fighter-bombers, attacking ground targets, but there was air-to-air action. The first kill of a MiG-15 by a Sea Fury (a machine flown by Lt. Peter Carmichael of 802 Sq RN) was made on August 9, 1952.

This version of the skins
I first released the Sea Fury in May 2001. I have recently (May 2002) re-painted the skins, and achieved what I think is a much better naval colour scheme. I hope you enjoy the Sea Fury. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.

Charles Gunst

Charles' EAW website
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/CharlesEAW

May 2002
