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  1. P

    Spitfire alternative history: what happens if everything "goes to plan"?

    As any deeply invested Spitfire fan knows, the intended major developments never eventuated and the history of the Spitfire was one of interim variants that did very well. The dead ends are as follows: SPITFIRE III: Merlin 20 development with four cannon and major airframe revisions; abandoned...
    • pathology_doc
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    • air ministry allies alternate history british commonwealth british empire fleet air arm great britain improved spitfire raf fighter command royal air force royal navy supermarine aviation ltd vickers-armstrongs limited what-if world war ii
    • Replies: 68
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. hesham

    British Spec. R2/48,Marine Reconnaissance Flying Boat Contest

    Ho, for this competition,the main tenders were; SARO P.104,P,162,Blackburn B-78,Supermarine 524 and Shorts PD.2,has anyone a drawings to Blackburn and Shorts proposals ?.
    • hesham
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    • 1948 cold war flying boat great britain late 1940s maritime patrol aircraft maritime reconnaissance post-world war ii raf coastal command royal air force saunders-roe supermarine aviation ltd
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. Flyaway

    Supermarine Swift

    Part of the one documentary threads on this channel. States it’s considered one of the worst aircraft to fly with the RAF. View: https://youtu.be/OO_t3HFGrhw?si=BJGkVc9QwQeiINZa
    • Flyaway
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    • 1950s air ministry cold war f.105d fighter great britain interceptor korean war late 1940s ministry of supply north atlantic treaty organisation post-world war ii raf fighter command royal air force specification e.41/46 super-priority supermarine aviation ltd tactical reconnaissance transonic type 541
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. cluttonfred

    Vickers 279 Venom derivatives?

    The Vickers 279 Venom has always seemed like a missed opportunity to me, a solid little eight-gun fighter almost as fast as a Hurricane on only 625 hp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Venom http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/1960.htm (source of images below) I have never understood why...
    • cluttonfred
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    • 1930s air ministry fighter fighters great britain interwar period pre-world war ii raf fighter command royal air force supermarine aviation ltd supermarine aviation works (vickers) ltd vickers vickers-armstrongs vickers-armstrongs limited
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  5. J

    Naval Spitfire variants

    here some stuff with "W" wing and with Sabre engine
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