F.4 Fury | |
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Fury at the Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe. Wreckage of a Felixstowe F.2A in the foreground. | |
Role | Long-range flying-boat |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe |
Designer | John Cyril Porte |
First flight | 11 November 1918 |
Retired | 11 August 1919 |
Primary user | Royal Air Force |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | Curtiss Model T[1] Felixstowe F.5[1] |
The Felixstowe F.4 Fury[2] (serial N123), also known as the Porte Super-Baby, was a large British, five-engined triplane flying-boat designed by John Cyril Porte at the Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe, inspired by the Wanamaker Triplane/Curtiss Model T. At the time the Fury was the largest seaplane in the world, the largest British aircraft,[3][2] and the first aircraft controlled successfully by servo-assisted means.[1]
The test-flying programme demonstrated the aircraft's suitability for long-distance flight, however on 11 August 1919 (the eve of a planned flight from England to South Africa) it stalled and crashed into the sea after take-off, killing one member of the crew and suffering irrepairable damage.[4]
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