enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire...

    Depending on the supercharger fitted, engines were rated as low altitude (e.g.; Merlin 66, Griffon III), where the engine produced its maximum power below about 10,000 feet (3,000 m), medium altitude (Merlin 45), where the engine produced its maximum power up to about 20,000 feet (6,100 m), and high altitude (Merlin 70), where the engine produced its maximum power above about 25,000 feet ...

  3. Supermarine Speed Spitfire - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Speed_Spitfire

    The Speed Spitfire was a Supermarine Spitfire Mk I, re-engined and modified for an attempt on the world air speed record.It was already outdated when it first flew in 1938 and, despite repeated modification, never attained a competitive performance.

  4. Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire

    Seafires preparing to take off from the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable in 1945. The Seafire, a name derived from sea, and Spitfire, was a naval version of the Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. Although the Spitfire was not designed for the rough-and-tumble of carrier-deck operations, it was considered the best ...

  5. Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire...

    Also, in June 1938, the Heinkel He 100 V2 set a new record of 394.6 mph (635.0 km/h), which was very close to the maximum speed the as yet unflown Speed Spitfire was likely to achieve; the first flight of the modified Spitfire took place on 11 November 1938 and, in late February 1939, the maximum speed reached was 408 mph (657 km/h) at 3,000 ft ...

  6. Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire...

    This meant that the powerful slipstream swung the Spitfire to the right on the ground, requiring the rudder to be deflected to the left during takeoff. The Mark IV DP845 first flew on 27 November 1941. It had the full-span C wing combined with a small tail unit and retractable tailwheel, and also had external bracket hinges under the wings ...

  7. Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_(late...

    The maximum power of the Merlin 66 was 1,720 hp (1,280 kW) at 5,750 ft (1,283 kW at 1,752 m) and the maximum speed of the Spitfire LF Mk IX was 404 mph (650 km/h) at 21,000 feet (6,400 m). [34] The Merlin 66 introduced a new Bendix-Stromberg injection carburettor, which replaced the earlier S.U float carburettor.

  8. Spitfire cleared to take to the skies after refurb - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/spitfire-cleared-skies-refurb...

    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  9. Fastest propeller-driven aircraft - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastest_propeller-driven...

    Also not formally accepted by the FAI, which was not present due to wartime conditions, are speeds recorded in a dive during high-speed tests with the Supermarine Spitfire, including Squadron Leader J.R. Tobin's 606 mph (975 km/h) in a 45° dive in a Mark XI Spitfire (date unknown) and Squadron Leader Anthony F. Martindale's breaking 620 mph ...