Hawker Fury Monoplane: One, Two, ..

As early as in 1925, the same year he became Chief designer at the Hawker company, Sydney Camm designed his first monoplane fighter. The latter was not built, but Camm already knew the time of the biplane has a reached its zenith and the monoplane era knocking on the door. His second try started eight years later with this private venture “Monoplane Fury” design. Basically a monoplane adaptation of the company’s successful Fury biplane powered by the troublesome 660hp RR Goshawk steam-cooled engine. A proposal was made to the Air Ministry in 1935, but by then the potential of the RR PV 12 (Merlin‘s forerunner) engine meant a brand new design approach was needed. Enter Camm’s third try.

Such prettiness, I would have been nice to to watch one “in the flesh”.