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Mitchell Holman[_9_]
November 16th 18, 01:51 PM
R2D2
November 16th 18, 09:39 PM
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:51:18 -0600, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:

Looks pre-war. Is the the prototype or pre-series?
Mitchell Holman[_9_]
November 17th 18, 02:30 AM
Stormin' Norman > wrote in
:

> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:39:13 +0000, R2D2 > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:51:18 -0600, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:
>>
>>Looks pre-war. Is the the prototype or pre-series?
>
> It is THE Spitfire prototype, completed in 1936.
>
> See:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_prototype_K5054
>


Same lines as the Supermarine Racer it
was derived from.
R2D2
November 17th 18, 11:40 AM
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:30:33 -0800, Stormin' Norman
> wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:39:13 +0000, R2D2 > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:51:18 -0600, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:
>>
>>Looks pre-war. Is the the prototype or pre-series?
>
>It is THE Spitfire prototype, completed in 1936.
>
>See:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_prototype_K5054

Thanks :)
R2D2
November 17th 18, 11:40 AM
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:30:13 -0600, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:

>Stormin' Norman > wrote in
:
>
>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:39:13 +0000, R2D2 > wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:51:18 -0600, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:
>>>
>>>Looks pre-war. Is the the prototype or pre-series?
>>
>> It is THE Spitfire prototype, completed in 1936.
>>
>> See:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_prototype_K5054
>>
>
>
> Same lines as the Supermarine Racer it
>was derived from.
>
>

That race payed of SO MUCH for the UK, considering both the Spitfire
and the RR Merlin came out of the testing done on it...
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