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

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    The Mk XII was the first Spitfire powered by a Griffon engine to go into service. The first of 100 Supermarine-built production aircraft started appearing in October 1942; two RAF squadrons in total were equipped with the XII.

  3. Supermarine Spitfire operational history - Wikipedia

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    On 24 February 1943, the first of the Rolls-Royce Griffon engined Spitfire variants, the F Mk XII was accepted into RAF service, with the first examples being delivered to 41 Squadron. The first operational flight was made on 3 April, with the Mk XII's first victory, a Junkers Ju 88 occurring two weeks later. [ 77 ]

  4. Avia S-199 - Wikipedia

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    The first flight took place in March 1947, and production ended in 1949. ... The price for a fully equipped plane was $190,000. [3] ... Supermarine Spitfire; Yakovlev ...

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

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    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 - Wikipedia

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    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, with Howard in the starring role of R. J. Mitchell, and David Niven playing a composite character based on the Schneider Trophy pilots of 1927, 1929 and 1931, and the Supermarine test pilot Jeffrey Quill.

  7. Rolls-Royce Merlin - Wikipedia

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    Passed 50-hour civil test in December 1935 generating a constant 955 hp (712 kW) and a maximum rating of 1,045 hp (779 kW). Failed military 100-hour test in March 1936. Powered the Supermarine Spitfire prototype. [13] Parallel valve Merlin cylinder head. Merlin F (Merlin I) Similar to C and E. First flight in Horsley 16 July 1936. [14]

  8. Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Jeffrey Quill - Wikipedia

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    Jeffrey Quill's long association with the Spitfire began when, aged 23, he made his first flight in the prototype fighter K5054 on 26 March 1936 – Mutt Summers having made the maiden flight three weeks earlier – and his priority was to get the Spitfire cleared for acceptance by the RAF.