The Supermarine Spitfire endures today as one of the legendary fighter planes of World War II & is the most famous British ...

Vickers Supermarine's initial submission was not successful, but through a series of prototypes and improvements (one being the implementation of Rolls-Royce's PV-XII V12 engine), the soon-to-be ...

The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers ...

On this day in aviation history, March 5, 1936, the legendary Supermarine Spitfire took to the skies for the first time. The Spitfire quickly became one of the most iconic aircraft of all time ...

The Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 in 1936 - Air Historical Branch-RAF There’s a powerful mythology connected to the Spitfire fighter plane. ... up’ designs culminating with the Type 300 that ...

The Spitfire was outfitted with a powerhouse engine: a Rolls-Royce Merlin, 27-liter, V-12 piston engine.In later versions, the Merlin could produce up to 2,000 horsepower. With a two-stage, two ...

The Spitfire’s Surprising Role in World War II: More Than Just a Fighter Apart perhaps from the B-17 “Flying Fortress,” no other World War II aircraft is as famous as the Supermarine Spitfire.

The engine in the Supermarine Spitfire was a Rolls-Royce Merlin that eventually went into America's P-51 Mustang, as well. It had a lot of power.

Two years later, Supermarine and Mitchell were back with a revised design: the Supermarine S.5. Three were built and entered in the Schneider competition, numbered 219, 220, and 221. I’ll be ...

A Supermarine Spitfire, left, with a Hawker Hurricane. (Image: ) No weapon of war was ever more magnificently designed for its purpose than the Supermarine Spitfire.

The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers ...