New Firefly is monoplane of conventional low wing design engined with 2200-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon; feature is provision of special flaps which, when not in use, nest snugly in recess on underside of wing and thus produce no drag in normal flight; actuation of flaps is hydraulic; span 44 ft 6 in. (see also Engineering v 158 n 4113 Nov 10 1944 p 374; Engineer v 178 n 4635 Nov 10 1944 p 373; Can Aviation v 18 n 1 Jan 1945 p 54-5; Aircraft Eng v 17 n 192 Feb 1945 p 47, 51)
Fairey Firefly
Flight
Flight ; 46 , n 1872
1944
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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