The Fairey Barracuda

RE: The Fairey Barracuda

Found this site today

http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Home.html

Well worth a look if you are really excited about Barracudas

Moggy C

Met one once snorkelling off a reef near Key Largo. Probably not the sort you are interested in though 😉

RE: The Fairey Barracuda

Thank you very much Andrew 🙂

RE: The Fairey Barracuda

There are currently 5 Barra hulks held by the FAAM.in various states of delapidation/dis-repair.I can not supply a/c numbers. The plan is to raise £200.000 to restore ONE a/c to static display (OF COURSE!)
Drawings, I am told, ARE available. The nose section, up to the Firewall, has already been on display for some time in the museum.

If you want to read up on the beast then may I recommend “BARRACUDA PILOT” by DUNSTAN HADLEY. ISBN 1-84037-225-7. It is available directly from the FAAM SHOP and some of your money will go to the project.
I also recommend the section from “BRITISH NAVAL A/C since 1912” by Owen Thetford ISBN 0-370-30480-2 and “FAIREY A/c since 1915” by H. A. TAYLOR ISBN0-85177-825-9

RE: The Fairey Barracuda

Thank you both very much for your help 🙂

RE: The Fairey Barracuda

I think the nose section they have on display is from DP872.

HTH

Mark

RE: The Fairey Barracuda

No intact survivors unfortunately, or fortunately, according to one old gent I met some years ago. He was an ex-Barracuda pilot who was doing his PPL at Southend after being ground bound for many years, and when I asked him what the Barra was like to fly, he grimaced and said he’d love to shoot the designer. I think that told m all I needed to know… 😉

While no intact examples survive, the FAA Museum are in the process of re-creating one from various parts gathered over the years, thoguh I don’t know it’s identities. Sorry I can’t be any more specific, hopefully someone else can fill you in with the serial.