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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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 Walrus is a British single-engine amphibious biplane designed by Supermarine's R. J. Mitchell. Primarily used as a maritime patrol aircraft...
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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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    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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    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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    as new strike aircraft such as the de Havilland Sea Vixen and the Supermarine Scimitar were introduced after the conflict. In the Royal Netherlands Navy...
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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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    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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    The Supermarine Seafire is a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. It was analogous in concept...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    subsequently developed into a conventional carrier aircraft, the Supermarine Scimitar. The US Navy evaluated a shore-based flexible deck made by Firestone...
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    received the Supermarine Scimitar F.1. (Eight years and five months later, she also became the last front-line FAA squadron to operate the Scimitar.) The squadron...
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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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    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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    Seafang Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire...
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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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    than the other three ships in the class. Hermes initially operated Supermarine Scimitar, de Havilland Sea Vixen, and Fairey Gannet fixed-wing aircraft, together...
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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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    McDonnell F3H Demon Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak Supermarine Scimitar Related lists List of fighter aircraft List of military aircraft...
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    carriers with subsonic second generation de Havilland Sea Vixen and Supermarine Scimitar fighters were insufficient. Three of the RN strike carriers in 1963-65...
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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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