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As an aircraft to succeed the Hurricane and Spitfire then entering service, Air Ministry specification F.18/37 required a 400+ mph (at 15,000 ft) fighter with twelve .303 inch machine gun armament. Hawker Aircraft submitted a single seat, single engine design with two possible engines, the Hawker Tornado powered by the Rolls-Royce Vulture and ...
Spitfire Tr.9 NH341 (G-CICK) was restored by Historic Flying Limited in 2017 Spitfire Tr.9 PV202 (G-CCCA) restored by Historic Flying Limited in 2005 and now operated by Aerial Collective Duxford. The most authentic Mk Ia Spitfire airworthy today, restored to flight by Historic Flying Limited in 2012.
Damaged in a take-off accident at Longuyon-Villette Airfield, Meurthe-et-Moselle on 11 June 2017, the Spitfire was sent to the Aircraft Restoration Company (Historic Flying Limited) at Duxford, UK, for restoration to flight. [58] The Spitfire was rebuilt and flew again on 6 August 2020. [59] Static display. Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe RR263. Built in ...
Spitfire Mk 18. The Mk 18 was a refinement of the Mk XIV. It was identical in most respects including engine (the Griffon 65) and cockpit enhancements, but it carried extra fuel and had a revised, stronger wing structure. Its handling was also nearly identical and so it was not put through any performance tests.
Audio recording of Spitfire fly-past at the 2011 family day at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire Supermarine Spitfire G-AWGB landing at Biggin Hill Airport, June 2024. 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 War II.
The later Spitfire Mk 26 uses the Mk 25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk 26B has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original. [6] The aircraft was reviewed by the Australian Ultralight Federation in 2001.
The Spitfire is a derivative of the Phantom X1 that was created by former Phantom Aeronautics employee Fred Bell, who also designed the Bell Sidewinder. The Spitfire was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg). The aircraft has a standard empty weight of ...
The First of the Few (also known as Spitfire in the US and Canada) (1942) is a British film produced and directed by Leslie Howard. [38] The aerobatic sequences featured in the last 15 minutes of the film were flown by Jeffrey Quill, an original test pilot on K5054, in early November 1941 flying a Spitfire Mk II mocked up to represent the ...