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July 1975
- Treasures of McCook Field, Part 1
- Boeing’s 5 in 1 Fighter, the XF8B-1
- Flying a Legend, the Spitfire
November 1993
- Spitting Fire
- Dark Days at Douglas, Twilight of an American Aerospace Legend
April 1996
- Replacing SAC Air Combat Command
- How Spitfire & Typhoon were Converted for Tactical Close Support
October 1996
- Behind the Big Wing Controversy
- Lockheed’s F-104 Starfighter
- The Yak Fighter, Star of Soviet Union’s WWII Guard Brigades
May 1999
- Seaplanes: Gone But Not Forgotten
- The RAF Hurricane, Spitfire, and Mosquito
Manuals & Photos
- Spitfire 16 Pilot’s Notes 1949
- Spitfire 22 & 24 Griffon 61 Engine Pilot’s Notes
- Spitfire I Merlin II Engine 1940
- Spitfire IIA IIB Merlin XII Pilot’s Notes 1940
- Spitfire IX Merlin 61 Engine 1942
- Spitfire IX, XI & XVI Pilot’s Notes 1946
- Spitfire VA, VB, VC Pilot’s Notes
- Spitfire VII & VIII Pilot’s Notes 1943
- Spitfire XII Pilot’s Notes 1943
- Spitfire XIV, XIX Pilot’s Notes 1946
- 934 Supermarine Spitfire photos
Supermarine Spitfire
Mk VB Specs
Cutaway
Videos
General Characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Length: 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
- Height: 11 ft 5 in (3.86 m)
- Wing area: 242.1 ft2 (22.48 m2)
- Airfoil: NACA 2213 (root)
NACA 2209.4 (tip) - Empty weight: 5,065 lb (2,297 kg)
- Loaded weight: 6,622 lb (3,000 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 6,700 lb (3,039 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 45 supercharged V12 engine, 1,470 hp (1,096 kW) at 9,250 ft (2,819 m)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 370 mph (322 kn, 595Â km/h)
- Combat radius: 400 km without fuel tank, 885 km with fuel tank
- Ferry range: 800 km without fuel tank, 1770 km with fuel tank
- Service ceiling: 36,500 ft (11,125 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,600 ft/min (13.2 m/s)
- Wing loading: 27.35 lb/ft2 (133.5Â kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.22 hp/lb (0.36Â kW/kg)
Armament
- A wing
- 8 × .303 in Browning Mk II* machine guns (350 rounds per gun)
- B wing
- 2 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II (60 rounds per gun)
- 4 × .303 in Browning Mk II* machine guns (350 rounds per gun)
- C wing
- 4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon (120 rounds per gun)
- C wing (Alt.)
- 2 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II (120 rounds per gun)
- 4 × .303 in Browning Mk II* machine guns (350 rounds per gun)
- E wing
- 2 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon (120 rounds per gun)
- 2 × .50 in M2 Browning machine guns (250 rounds per gun)
Spitfire: Birth Of A Legend
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The Spitfire (BBC Full Documentary)
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Supermarine Spitfire and the Battle of Britain
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Battle Stations: Spitfire Squadron
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