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... 59 KB (8,555 words) - 18:23, 6 April 2024 |
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... 77 KB (10,818 words) - 17:55, 22 April 2024 |
The Supermarine Spiteful was a British fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine during the Second World War as a successor to the Spitfire. Powered by... 29 KB (3,117 words) - 18:50, 19 April 2024 |
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... 176 KB (21,939 words) - 23:50, 29 April 2024 |
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... 9 KB (1,204 words) - 17:52, 14 April 2024 |
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... 47 KB (5,823 words) - 17:55, 17 March 2024 |
The Supermarine Seafire is a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. It was analogous in concept to the... 50 KB (6,582 words) - 23:13, 18 April 2024 |
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... 6 KB (584 words) - 17:06, 13 November 2023 |
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... 36 KB (4,616 words) - 02:58, 5 March 2024 |
The Supermarine Spitfire was developed in the mid-1930s as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by chief designer R. J. Mitchell. Only... 26 KB (3,327 words) - 11:53, 31 March 2024 |
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... 16 KB (1,661 words) - 10:50, 28 April 2024 |
Look up Spitfire or spitfire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used in the Second... 5 KB (640 words) - 01:26, 24 April 2024 |
of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered... 755 bytes (65 words) - 21:10, 9 February 2024 |
been designed for the Supermarine Spiteful, a piston-engined fighter that had been intended to replace the Supermarine Spitfire. Joe Smith presented the... 30 KB (3,636 words) - 18:14, 14 April 2024 |
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... 149 KB (10,887 words) - 15:47, 25 April 2024 |
Jeffrey Quill (section Supermarine Spitfire) 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... 17 KB (2,237 words) - 17:11, 15 December 2023 |
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... 13 KB (1,751 words) - 13:47, 26 September 2023 |
Control reversal (section Supermarine Spitfire) 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... 8 KB (1,053 words) - 23:15, 2 November 2023 |
Midland Publishing. p. 372. ISBN 1857800885. History of Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc PV270 Wisker Thomas J. "Talkback". Air Enthusiast, No. 10... 12 KB (70 words) - 20:37, 3 April 2024 |