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    The Supermarine Scimitar is a single-seat naval strike aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Supermarine. Operated...
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    fighter and photo-reconnaissance roles. The last of the Supermarine aircraft was the Scimitar. In the shakeup of British aircraft manufacturing, Vickers-Armstrongs...
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    the training role, including Supermarine Seafires, Fairey Fireflys, Hawker Sea Hawks, Hawker Sea Furys, Supermarine Scimitars, De Havilland Sea Venoms and...
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    aircraft to be built later by Supermarine to specification N.113D and which became the Type 544 which entered service as the Scimitar. The first Type 508, serial...
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  • class Supermarine Scimitar, a Royal Navy fighter aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar, a biplane fighter aircraft first flown in 1935 FV107 Scimitar, a...
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    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World...
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    takeoff performance. Vickers-Armstrongs/Supermarine offered Type 565, a similar conversion of the Supermarine Scimitar. Hawker entered the P.1121, a development...
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    Aircraft: Supermarine Attacker, Swift And Scimitar. Ian Allan. p. 66. ISBN 0 7110 2034 5. "Exhibitions – Cobham Hall – Reserve Collection – Supermarine 510...
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  • Pilot School in 1957, and went on to fly Supermarine Scimitar jets in 803 Naval Air Squadron, the first Scimitar squadron, embarked on HMS Victorious. He...
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    Other aircraft to use the Avon included the de Havilland Sea Vixen, Supermarine Scimitar and Fairey Delta2. The RA.3/Mk.109 was produced under licence by...
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    The Supermarine Seafire is a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. It was analogous in concept to the...
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  • introduction of the new, heavier second-generation jet fighters such as the Supermarine Scimitar and De Havilland Sea Vixen, rendered the existing Carrier fleet obsolescent...
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    was formed at HMS Fulmar, to train Airwork Limited pilots to fly Supermarine Scimitar aircraft. In July 1972, 764 Naval Air Squadron disbanded at HMS Fulmar...
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    Seafang Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire...
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    The Supermarine Attacker is a British single-seat naval jet fighter designed and produced by aircraft manufacturer Supermarine for the Royal Navy's Fleet...
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    Between 1967 and 1968 around 130 aircraft of various types, including Supermarine Scimitar, de Havilland Sea Vixen, Fairey Gannet, Hawker Hunter, de Havilland...
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    The Supermarine Walrus (or the Supermarine Seagull V, its original name) is a British single-engine amphibious biplane designed by Supermarine's R. J....
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    helicopters). On 25 September 1958 Commander J. D. Russell drowned in his Supermarine Scimitar after a failed attempt to land on Victorious for the first time after...
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  • Electric Canberra medium bombers and the V bomber force and by Supermarine Scimitars, de Havilland Sea Vixens, and Blackburn Buccaneers of the Royal...
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    weaponry and minimal fuel, and would subsequently rendezvous with a Supermarine Scimitar that would deliver the full load of fuel by aerial refuelling. The...
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    The British Supermarine Spitfire was facing several challenges by mid-1942. The debut of the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in late 1941 had caused problems...
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    Supermarine Spitfire variants powered by early model Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mostly utilised single-speed, single-stage superchargers. The British...
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    Draken Saab Lansen SEPECAT Jaguar ST Aerospace A-4S Skyhawk Supermarine Scimitar Supermarine Swift The ADEN gun has seen use in several gun pods including:...
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    2x jet probe and drogue USSR Buddy-buddy refuelling. Supermarine Scimitar Supermarine Scimitar jet probe and drogue United Kingdom retired Buddy-buddy...
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    The Supermarine Seafang was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon–engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air Ministry specification N.5/45 for naval...
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    The Supermarine Spiteful was a British fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine during the Second World War as a successor to the Spitfire. Powered by...
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    tanker, a method previously used by the Royal Navy in operating its Supermarine Scimitar, de Havilland Sea Vixen, and Blackburn Buccaneers; in the Buccaneer's...
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    Springbok Supermarine 508 – Development aircraft with vee tail Supermarine 525 – Swept wing development aircraft for Supermarine Scimitar program Vickers...
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  • swords over a trident in yellow in the centre. 800 NAS reformed as a Supermarine Scimitar F.1 unit in July 1959 with six aircraft, under the command of Lt...
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  • aircraft BAC/Hunting Jet Provost – military jet trainer BAC/Vickers Supermarine Scimitar – naval jet strike fighter BAC/Vickers VC10 – jet liner BAC/Vickers...
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