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    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World...
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    Seafang Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (late...
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    Supermarine Spitfire variants powered by early model Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mostly utilised single-speed, single-stage superchargers. The British Supermarine...
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    The British Supermarine Spitfire was facing several challenges by mid-1942. The debut of the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in late 1941 had caused problems...
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    Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II. It also built a range...
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    The Supermarine Spiteful was a British fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine during the Second World War as a successor to the Spitfire. Powered by...
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    The Supermarine Spitfire, the only British fighter to be manufactured before, during and after the Second World War, was designed as a short-range fighter...
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  • The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force along with many other Allied countries throughout the Second...
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    The Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire is an American homebuilt aircraft produced in kit form by Supermarine Aircraft. A replica of the famous British Supermarine...
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    Spiteful, which was a development of Supermarine's Griffon-engined Spitfire aircraft. By that time the Spitfire was a 10-year-old design in a period of...
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    R. J. Mitchell (category Supermarine Spitfire)
    the Supermarine S.6B, and for leading the team that designed the Supermarine Spitfire. Born in Butt Lane, Staffordshire, Mitchell attended Hanley High...
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    The Supermarine Seafire is a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. It was analogous in concept to the...
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    The British Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most popular fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The basic airframe proved to be extremely adaptable...
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  • Spitfire is a 2018 British documentary feature film about the history of the Supermarine Spitfire and its last surviving pilots during World War II. The...
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    Fairey Battle, Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. The Merlin remains most closely associated with the Spitfire and Hurricane, although the majority...
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    named after the famed Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane of World War II. The Spitfire evolved over five iterations: The Spitfire was conceived of by Standard-Triumph...
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  • This is a list of operators of the Supermarine Spitfire and Seafire. Royal Australian Air Force No. 79 Squadron RAAF 1943–1945 No. 85 Squadron RAAF 1943–1945...
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    The Supermarine S.6B is a British racing seaplane developed by R.J. Mitchell for the Supermarine company to take part in the Schneider Trophy competition...
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    The Supermarine Spitfire was developed in the mid-1930s as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by chief designer R. J. Mitchell. Only...
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  • from its design that were to contribute to his success with the Supermarine Spitfire. Air Ministry Specification F.7/30, which developed from O.R.1, was...
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  • Look up Spitfire or spitfire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used in the Second...
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  • of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered...
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    been designed for the Supermarine Spiteful, a piston-engined fighter that had been intended to replace the Supermarine Spitfire. Joe Smith presented the...
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  • Yakovlev Yak-52TW was modified to resemble a Supermarine Spitfire, and two Supermarine Spitfire Mark IAs, a Spitfire Mark VB, and a Hispano Buchon painted to...
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  • during the Second World War. He was also the second man to fly the Supermarine Spitfire after Vickers Aviation's chief test pilot, Joseph "Mutt" Summers...
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    of London. It became the first base to have squadrons operating Supermarine Spitfire aircraft within German airspace. During the construction of Heathrow...
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  • pilot to the Supermarine Aviation Works (which had been taken over by Vickers in 1928) and in that capacity flew the first Supermarine Spitfire in 1936. Summers...
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  • reverse the direction of the roll. Due to the high speeds at which the Supermarine Spitfire could dive, this problem of aileron reversal became apparent when...
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    Perhaps the most famous aircraft to feature an elliptical wing is the Supermarine Spitfire, a Second World War-era British fighter aircraft. Another major application...
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    Midland Publishing. p. 372. ISBN 1857800885. History of Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc PV270 Wisker Thomas J. "Talkback". Air Enthusiast, No. 10...
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