Supermarine Spitfire Mk I 1930

andrewj · April 23, 2011, 02:00:00 AM

In the late 1920's the main suppliers of fighter aircraft for the RAF were Gloster and Hawker, however ,the management at Supermarine were keen to enter the field and set their designer R J Mitchell the task of building a high performance fighter. Mitchell had seen the Hawker Hornet and decided he could do better, so using the Rolls Royce Kestrel IIS engine of 525hp, he set about designing his new fighter. He chose the smallest possible airframe and married it to an eliptical wing form , which he considered would give less drag. The resulting aircraft gave a stunning performance, being capable of 240mph, which was 30 mph faster than its Hawker rival. The Air Ministry was so impressed that they wrote specification F13/30 to cover both the Supermarine and Hawker aircraft , the Spitfire immediately entered production and the first aircraft were in service with 19 squadron at Duxford in September 1930. the Spitfire remained the RAF's fastest fighter until replaced by the Gloster Gladiator.

Hotte · April 23, 2011, 03:02:26 AM

Fine mix between Spitfire and Hawker Fury

Hotte

The Rat · April 23, 2011, 05:08:28 AM

THAT... is absolutely brilliant! And there's someone here who will have a whiffgasm over those spats!

comrade harps · April 23, 2011, 06:04:57 AM

Smooth.

sotoolslinger · April 23, 2011, 06:05:56 AM

Beauty

Tophe · April 23, 2011, 06:13:29 AM

Funny!

Thanks!

sequoiaranger · April 23, 2011, 08:31:27 AM

I like it!

You may know of "the other Spitfire", the Supermarine 224, an inverted-gull wing monoplane fighter predecessor to the Spitfire we know and love.

>And there's someone here who will have a whiffgasm over those spats!<

Is BrianDaBasher still with us? Haven't "seen" him in ages!

GTX · April 23, 2011, 01:46:05 PM

Brilliant!!!

Taiidantomcat · April 24, 2011, 10:10:27 AM

wow!!

skysurfer808 · April 24, 2011, 10:26:03 AM

Cool....a Spatted Spitfury.

Gotta love the elliptical wings, great whif.

Skysurfer808

The Rat · April 24, 2011, 11:25:39 AM

Quote from: sequoiaranger on April 23, 2011, 08:31:27 AMIs BrianDaBasher still with us? Haven't "seen" him in ages!

Last posting was February 11, 2011.

redstar72 · April 24, 2011, 10:22:54 PM

Nice biplane!

Pablo1965 · April 26, 2011, 02:46:55 PM

This plane is really nice, and his desing is brilliant.

NARSES2 · April 27, 2011, 06:59:10 AM

I like that

Brian da Basher · May 03, 2011, 02:27:38 PM

My what a lovely pair of spats!

The squadron colors and rigging are nice too.

But those SPATS!!!

Brian da Basher