Aeroplane Heaven Hawker Nimrod MKII and Fury MK1

The Hawker Nimrod and Fury were designed by Sydney Camm who was later to design the Hawker Hurricane and many more famous fighting machines.

The Fury and Nimrod differed only in a few areas but otherwise were almost identical. The land-based Fury had a shorter wingspan than the Nimrod and the wings were straight in plan. The early Nimrods shared this wing plan although with a wider span.

The Royal Navy's Nimrod Mk2s were given swept-back wings, a pilot headrest to make life a little easier for the pilot during catapult launches, an arrestor hook, and a more powerful Rolls Royce Kestrel engine.

For armament both aircraft were equipped with two forward-firing Vickers machine guns, firing through the propeller, and could carry a small bomb load beneath each wing.

The Hawker Fury first flew on the 25th of March 1931 and entered service with the RAF in May of that year. The Hawker Nimrod (Mk1) first flew (as a carrier-based aircraft) on 31st October 1931 and the first of the Mk2 Nimrods were delivered to the Royal Navy in March 1933.

Outpaced and out-maneuvered by more "modern" machinery of the times, by 1939 the Nimrod and Fury had all but disappeared from front-line duties.

However, a monoplane version of the design was penned by Camm during the early 30's and when the first of the Merlin family of Rolls Royce engines started to appear, this design was revised to become the prototype Hawker Hurricane.

NOTE: YOU ARE BUYING The Hawker Nimrod II and Hawker Fury Mk1 for MSFS2020. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PACKAGE AS A NATIVE MSFS2024 PACKAGE! Both models have been flown and tested in MSFS2024 and work well. For this reason (ONLY) we can say that this package is MSFS2024 COMPATIBLE. However, unique MSFS2024 features like Careers, Squashy tires, and mission capability are NOT AVAILABLE to you. A NATIVE MSFS2024 version of this package will be available later.