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Hace 4 días · 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. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war. The Spitfire remains popular among enthusiasts.
14 de jul. de 2024 · The Supermarine Spitfire existed in more than 40 major variants, but it served the RAF in only two principal roles, those of fighter and photographic reconnaissance. The Spitfire was a pilot’s aeroplane; not the easiest to fly, and a little unforgiving of tyros, it was universally liked by those who flew and fought in it for its all-round ...
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Hace 6 días · A new wing has been designed for the Spitfire with the following objects: 1) To raise as much as possible the critical speed at which drag increases, due to compressibility, become serious. 2) To obtain a rate of roll faster than any existing fighter. 3) To reduce wing profile drag and thereby improve performance.
18 de jul. de 2024 · The Spitfire had better high altitude performance than the RAAF P-40 Kittyhawk and was considered by RAAF as the best fighter Australia could get. In 1942, RAAF 452 Squadron, RAAF 457 Squadron, and RAAF and RAF 54 Squadron were moved to Australia as 1st Wing RAAF.
Hace 1 día · The full background to the remark is rarely understood, and it should be recorded that Galland definitely preferred the Me 109 to the Spitfire, not only in September 1940, but also later after he had personally flown the British thoroughbred. Avoiding the dogfight with the Spitfire fighters
30 de jun. de 2024 · The Spitfire was a rare Mk VIII, the best of the Merlin-powered types according to Supermarine Chief Test Pilot Geoffrey Quill. It was all the rarer for being entirely original, with every skin panel and structural part the ones it had on the day it rolled out from the Supermarine works in Southampton.
