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...
air ministry
allies
alternate history
british commonwealth
british empire
fleet air arm
great britain
improved spitfire
raf fighter command
royal air force
royal navy
supermarineaviationltd
vickers-armstrongs limited
what-if
world war ii
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 ?.
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
supermarineaviationltd
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
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
supermarineaviationltd
tactical reconnaissance
transonic
type 541
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