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21 June 1933 – first flight of Supermarine Seagull V / Walrus

20 June 2024 Jacek Domański

On 21st June 1933, the British single-engine amphibious biplane Supermarine Seagull V (later known also as Walrus), performed its maiden flight. The aircraft was developed as a private venture of the Supermarine company, designed by […]

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Supermarine Seagull V / Walrus

4 June 2024 Milan Doležal

Supermarine Seagull V / Walrus (c/n A2-4, formerly ´A2-4´ of the Royal Australian Navy, then VH-ALB), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2014. In May of 1921, the new flying […]

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10 March 1925 – first flight of Supermarine Southampton

9 March 2023 Jacek Domański

On 10th March 1925, the British military reconnaissance flying boat Supermarine Southampton performed its first flight. In the mid-1920s, the British authorities were hopelessly looking for new flying boats for military service. At that time, […]

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1 April 1954 – last operational sortie of the RAF Spitfire

31 March 2022 Jacek Domański

On the 1st April 1954, a Spitfire Mk. XIX of the No. 81 Squadron RAF performed the last operational sortie of that type of aircraft within the RAF. That final flight was a reconnaissance mission […]

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5 March 1936 – first flight of Supermarine Spitfire

5 March 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Supermarine Spitfire, a true legend of aviation and one of the most iconic aircraft in history, made its first flight. The history of this legendary aeroplane has begun in 1931, when the British Air Ministry […]

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The Spitfire is making history again!

8 December 2019 Kacper Kolibowski

On 5th August 2019, the eyes of the aviation world, were focused on the Goodwood Aerodrome in Chichester, the United Kingdom. Just then, from that very airfield, a restored and properly modified for the task, […]

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Around the world with the Legend – Silver Spitfire-The Longest Flight Expedition

5 August 2019 Kacper Kolibowski

Thinking of the most famous fighter aeroplanes of the Second World War period, with no doubt a British Supermarine Spitfire is the first name that comes to minds for many of us. That is absolutely […]

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