Spitfire Traditional Geocache
Long Man: I have made two requests for this cache to be maintained and the listing is still disabled. I feel the owner has had sufficient time to carry out the required maintenance, but has failed to do so.
Because of this I'm archiving the cache.
Andy
Long Man
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You may be able to park at Blackbushe airport for this cache and others in the area but I'm not sure about parking charges or penalties. I've parked here a few times and not been challenged however I can't guarantee you won't be.
"Spitfire" redirects here. For other uses, see Spitfire (disambiguation).
Spitfire. The distinctive silhouette of a typical Spitfire shows elliptical wings. (P7350, a Mk IIa, was first delivered to 266 Squadron on 6 September 1940.)
Role Fighter
Manufacturer Supermarine
Designed by R. J. Mitchell
First flight 6 March 1936[1]
Introduction 4 August 1938[1]
Retired 1957, RAF
Primary user Royal Air Force
Produced 1938–1948
Number built 20,351[2]
Unit cost £12,604 (1939)[3]
Variants Seafire
Spiteful
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries from World War II until the 1950s. It was produced in greater numbers than any other Allied design. The Spitfire was the only Allied fighter in production at the outbreak of the Second World War that was still in production at the end of the war.
The Spitfire was designed by R. J. Mitchell who was chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works, a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrongs. He continued to refine the design until his death from cancer in 1937, whereupon his colleague Joseph Smith became chief designer.[4] Its elliptical wing had a thin cross-section, allowing a higher top speed than the Hawker Hurricane and many other contemporary designs.
The distinctive silhouette imparted by the wing planform helped the Spitfire to achieve legendary status during the Battle of Britain. There was, and still is, a public perception that it was the RAF fighter of the Battle, in spite of the fact that the more numerous Hurricane shouldered a great deal of the burden against the potent Luftwaffe. Much loved by its pilots, the Spitfire saw service throughout the whole of the Second World War, in most theatres of war, in several roles and in many different variants. The Spitfire was to continue to serve as a front line fighter and in secondary roles for several air forces well into the 1950s.
The Spitfire will always be compared to its main adversary, the Messerschmitt Bf 109: both were among the finest fighters of their day and followed similar design philosophies of marrying a small, streamlined airframe to a powerful liquid-cooled V12 engine.
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