08/31/2014. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Early in 1932 the Norwegian Government had ordered a Fury for evaluation. This aircraft, serialed 401 and powered by an Armstrong-Siddeley Panther IIIA radial engine, was flown by test pilot P.E.G. Sayer on September 9, 1932, and after trials at Brooklands and Martlesham was flown by test pilot P.W.S. Bulman to Oslo in November 1932. It had been proposed to build this version in Norway, but the installation was unsatisfactory as competitive trials in that country proved. It appears that 401 displayed an embarrassing tendency to nose over while taxiing, the center of gravity now being somewhat forward of that of the Kestrel version. At one time 401 was also flown with a ski landing gear, but despite several visits to Brooklands and Martlesham to rectify the c.g. problems the Panther Fury did not go into production. The aircraft is believed to be written off in Norway in 1934."