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On5March1936,now75yearsago,theprototypeSupermarine
Spitfire made its first flight.
To commemorate this fact, we
will look into the aircraft’s history, which is considered to be
one of the best fighters ever.
It...
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ArticlesTripsShowsNewsMovementsScramble383
On5March1936,now75yearsago,theprototypeSupermarine
Spitfire made its first flight.
To commemorate this fact, we
will look into the aircraft’s history, which is considered to be
one of the best fighters ever.
It is interesting to realise that
a floatplane design formed the basis for a fighter of which
more than 20.
000 were built.
Specification F.
7/30
In 1930 the Air Ministry issued specification F.
7/30 for a
single-seat day and night fighter with a speed of 195 mph.
It
was to have exceptional manoeuvrability, a longer endurance
than any previous fighter, a low landing speed and a steep
initial climb for night interception, and an excellent allround view.
The armament specified was four Vickers guns,
and two-way radio telephone equipment was to be fitted.
To
meet these requirements a new outlook was needed in fighter
design, which had tended to stagnate since the end of the
First World War.
Designed under the direction of Reginald J.
Less
