Fairey Firefly I

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name=Firefly


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type=Fighter
manufacturer=Fairey
designer=Marcel Lobelle
first flight=9 November 1925
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variants with their own articles=The Fairey Firefly was a British fighter of the 1920s from Fairey Aviation.It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane of mixed construction.

Development

The Firefly was a private-venture design, penned by Marcel Lobelle. It first flew on 9 November 1925Cite book
author=Mason, Francis K
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title=The British Fighter since 1912
publisher=Naval Institite Press
year=1992
isbn= ISBN 1-55750-082-7The Air Ministry did not pursue the project, partly because of the American Curtiss engine used and partly because of its wooden construction and the Firefly I did not enter production.

pecifications (Firefly I)

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ref=The Complete Book of Fighterscite book |last= Green|first= W |coauthors=Swanborough, G |title= The Complete Book of Fighters |edition= |year= 1994|publisher= Smithmark |isbn= 0-8317-3939-8
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length main= 24 ft 10 in
length alt= 7.57 m
span main= 31 ft 6 in
span alt= 9.60 m
height main= 9 ft 1 in
height alt= 2.76 m
area main= 236.8 ft²
area alt= 22.0 m²
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loaded weight main= 2,724 lb
loaded weight alt= 1,236 kg
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engine (prop)=Curtiss D.12C
type of prop=12-cylinder inline liquid-cooled
number of props=1
power main= 430 hp
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max speed main= 185 mph
max speed alt= 298 km/h
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more performance=*Time to 5,000 ft (1525 m), 2.4 min
armament=*Two 0.303-in (7.7-mm) Vickers machine guns
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ee also

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* Fairey Firefly II
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