Swordfish wings fold carrier storage wings feature ailerons upper wing has leading-edge Handley Page slots Above Close-up showing cowling prop Bristol Pegasus radial engine Left The left side cockpit showing instrument panel detail 24 Model Aviation 4 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 p U Don Berliner OF THE HUNDREDS fascinating airplanes drooled over Scale modelers can found private airports Some rarer examples will show up big fly-ins such Experimental Aircraft Associations EAA Oshkosh Wisconsin rarest models can found museums due rarity value can seen after traveling great distances museums far side Atlantic Ocean trip England found whole bunch interesting airplanes None have examples US some found sole remaining examples hundreds thousands built years ago Fairey Swordfish obsolete World War II began yet played surprisingly significant role wars outcome Despite its obvious handicaps two wings lots struts wires fixed landing gear Swordfishes sank tons enemy shipping other type Allied airplane Its famous mission attack German battleship Bismarck just sunk two Royal Navys finest powerful ships group Swordfishes crippled giant German battleship kept running flotilla ships eventually battered scrap Swordfish prototype first flew 1934 1944 almost 2400 built last retired service until 1945 unusually fine flying qualities exceptional stability just too good airplane ignore Swordfish awaiting restoration Imperial War Museums Duxford Airfield facility some 40 miles north London Mark Ill powered 750 lip Bristol Pegasus seven-cylinder sleeve-valve radial engine Its armament consists single fixed forward-firing machine gun second machine gun swivel mount fired gunner/radio operator almost 2400 Swordfishes built five known survive Four British museums including flying example Royal Navy uses air shows Canadian National Museum Ottawa Ontario mber1995 25 0 0 0 0 0 FAIKY 0 0 Above Massive landing-gear struts Floats could fitted water operation Left Right side details including wing support struts folded-wing interior surface Above The upper-right wing folded position showing hinge struts bracing wires Left Right-rear fuselage fabric removed revealin internal strut detail 26 Model Aviation e A distinctive feature external radiator right side fuselage Right All tail surfaces fabric-covered Note stabilizer construction detail Photos author Graphic Deaign Carla Kunz
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/11
Page Numbers: 24, 25, 26
Swordfish wings fold carrier storage wings feature ailerons upper wing has leading-edge Handley Page slots Above Close-up showing cowling prop Bristol Pegasus radial engine Left The left side cockpit showing instrument panel detail 24 Model Aviation 4 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 p U Don Berliner OF THE HUNDREDS fascinating airplanes drooled over Scale modelers can found private airports Some rarer examples will show up big fly-ins such Experimental Aircraft Associations EAA Oshkosh Wisconsin rarest models can found museums due rarity value can seen after traveling great distances museums far side Atlantic Ocean trip England found whole bunch interesting airplanes None have examples US some found sole remaining examples hundreds thousands built years ago Fairey Swordfish obsolete World War II began yet played surprisingly significant role wars outcome Despite its obvious handicaps two wings lots struts wires fixed landing gear Swordfishes sank tons enemy shipping other type Allied airplane Its famous mission attack German battleship Bismarck just sunk two Royal Navys finest powerful ships group Swordfishes crippled giant German battleship kept running flotilla ships eventually battered scrap Swordfish prototype first flew 1934 1944 almost 2400 built last retired service until 1945 unusually fine flying qualities exceptional stability just too good airplane ignore Swordfish awaiting restoration Imperial War Museums Duxford Airfield facility some 40 miles north London Mark Ill powered 750 lip Bristol Pegasus seven-cylinder sleeve-valve radial engine Its armament consists single fixed forward-firing machine gun second machine gun swivel mount fired gunner/radio operator almost 2400 Swordfishes built five known survive Four British museums including flying example Royal Navy uses air shows Canadian National Museum Ottawa Ontario mber1995 25 0 0 0 0 0 FAIKY 0 0 Above Massive landing-gear struts Floats could fitted water operation Left Right side details including wing support struts folded-wing interior surface Above The upper-right wing folded position showing hinge struts bracing wires Left Right-rear fuselage fabric removed revealin internal strut detail 26 Model Aviation e A distinctive feature external radiator right side fuselage Right All tail surfaces fabric-covered Note stabilizer construction detail Photos author Graphic Deaign Carla Kunz
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/11
Page Numbers: 24, 25, 26
Swordfish wings fold carrier storage wings feature ailerons upper wing has leading-edge Handley Page slots Above Close-up showing cowling prop Bristol Pegasus radial engine Left The left side cockpit showing instrument panel detail 24 Model Aviation 4 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 p U Don Berliner OF THE HUNDREDS fascinating airplanes drooled over Scale modelers can found private airports Some rarer examples will show up big fly-ins such Experimental Aircraft Associations EAA Oshkosh Wisconsin rarest models can found museums due rarity value can seen after traveling great distances museums far side Atlantic Ocean trip England found whole bunch interesting airplanes None have examples US some found sole remaining examples hundreds thousands built years ago Fairey Swordfish obsolete World War II began yet played surprisingly significant role wars outcome Despite its obvious handicaps two wings lots struts wires fixed landing gear Swordfishes sank tons enemy shipping other type Allied airplane Its famous mission attack German battleship Bismarck just sunk two Royal Navys finest powerful ships group Swordfishes crippled giant German battleship kept running flotilla ships eventually battered scrap Swordfish prototype first flew 1934 1944 almost 2400 built last retired service until 1945 unusually fine flying qualities exceptional stability just too good airplane ignore Swordfish awaiting restoration Imperial War Museums Duxford Airfield facility some 40 miles north London Mark Ill powered 750 lip Bristol Pegasus seven-cylinder sleeve-valve radial engine Its armament consists single fixed forward-firing machine gun second machine gun swivel mount fired gunner/radio operator almost 2400 Swordfishes built five known survive Four British museums including flying example Royal Navy uses air shows Canadian National Museum Ottawa Ontario mber1995 25 0 0 0 0 0 FAIKY 0 0 Above Massive landing-gear struts Floats could fitted water operation Left Right side details including wing support struts folded-wing interior surface Above The upper-right wing folded position showing hinge struts bracing wires Left Right-rear fuselage fabric removed revealin internal strut detail 26 Model Aviation e A distinctive feature external radiator right side fuselage Right All tail surfaces fabric-covered Note stabilizer construction detail Photos author Graphic Deaign Carla Kunz