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SPITFIRE PR XIX
DIMENSIONS AND PERFORMANCE DATA FOR SPITFIRE PR XIX TYPE: Single-engined monoplane reconnaissance aircraft DIMENSIONS: Length: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m) Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) WEIGHTS: Empty: 6,550 lb (2,971 kg) Max T/O: 10,450 lb (4,740 kg) PERFORMANCE: Max Speed: 460 mph (740 km/h) Range: 1,550 miles (2,494 km) Powerplant:…
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POLISH NAVAL AVIATION IN THE 1939Â CAMPAIGN
Tension between Poland and the Third Reich was already clear from the spring of 1939 and the intensity of flying at the Polish-German border rose on both sides. Poland’s access to the coast was of a special nature (see the map). Its peculiar character lay in the fact that Polish…
The First and Only High-Altitude Fight in History
A painting by British artist Jim Mitchell depicting Emmanuel Galitzine’s Spitfire BF273 attacking Götz’s Ju 86R. 12 September 1942 In the summer of 1942, after already having lost the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe adopted a more technological stealth-like approach; they would use groups of bombers flying at very low…
SPITFIRE PR XIX
DIMENSIONS AND PERFORMANCE DATA FOR SPITFIRE PR XIX TYPE: Single-engined monoplane reconnaissance aircraft DIMENSIONS: Length: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m) Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) WEIGHTS: Empty: 6,550 lb (2,971 kg) Max T/O: 10,450 lb (4,740 kg) PERFORMANCE: Max Speed:…
The Sukhoi Su-34Â (Su-27IB)
In Soviet and Russian habit, bomber aircraft have been divided into two basic categories. Tactical, or so-called Frontal, bombers were tasked with attacking targets located in the operational-tactical depth of a Front, in other words at ranges beyond the reach of fighter- bombers. Strategic bombers, classed as long-range and, later,…
U.S. Navy Aircraft Development, 1922–1945 Part I
The sun shone brightly in the Panama sky as the fighter planes from the aircraft carrier Saratoga (CV-3) roared aloft as part of fleet exercises off the coast of the Central American nation. A few days earlier these same planes had launched a surprise “attack” against the Panama Canal that…
U.S. Navy Aircraft Development, 1922–1945 Part II
During the late 1920s flying boat operations in the Navy began to stagnate as increasing emphasis and funding was devoted to aircraft carrier development. Though over the course of the ensuing years new designs appeared, they were, in the words of Rear Admiral A. W. Johnson in a paper on…