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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Supermarine Seafire
On January 7, 1942, the Supermarine Seafire, the navalized version of the Spitfire, made its first flight. Developed in order to provide a high-performance fighter capable of carrier operations ...
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Hurricane or Spitfire? Which was Britain’s Best WWII Fighter?
From a logistical standpoint, the Hurricane proved significantly cheaper to build than the Supermarine Spitfire as well as being even simpler to overhaul, especially when it came to repairing ...
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Hurricane or Spitfire? Which was Britain’s Best WWII Fighter?
An interesting question to ponder is: Which was the better warbird flown by those “so few” in “Their Finest Hour”: the Supermarine Spitfire or the Hawker Hurricane? The Spitfire should be ...