Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Supermarine Spitfire. At Royal Air Force's service. Part three. The Spitfire in the Battle of France.

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  The Spitfire Mk. III, pictured below, was an attempt to improve the basic Spitfire design. It was powered by a Rolls-Royce RM 2SM, which w...
Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Supermarine Spitfire. At Royal Air Force's service. Part two. Prototypes and early Spitfires.

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  After the disappointment of the Type 224, Mitchell and his design staff, began to draw cleaner designs using the experience with the Schne...
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Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Supermarine Spitfire. At Royal Air Force's service. Part one. The Type 224 Spitfire.

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  The Supermarine Spitfire was a British fighter of the World War II era. It is regarded as one of the best fighters of the war. It has its ...
Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Nieuport 11 & 16, part six. In French service.

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  The Nieuport 11, nicknamed 'Bébé' (Baby) was built upon the previous Nieuport 10, as it was a smaller and lighter version of it. D...
Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Nieuport 11 & 16, part five. The 'Bébé' in Italy.

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  Italy employed the Nieuport 11 in large quantities to supplement and replace the outdated Nieuport 10. Italian aircraft manufacturer Macch...
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Nieuport 11 & 16, part four. The 'Bébé' in service with Russia and the USSR.

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  During World War I, the Imperial Russian Air Service (IRAS) found that the Nieuport 10 (a versatile sesquiplane, forerunner of the Nieupor...
Tuesday, 28 October 2025

Nieuport 11 & 16, part three, various users

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  The Nieuport 11, nicknamed 'Bébé' (baby) in French was a French sesquiplane fighter of the World War I era that enjoyed good reput...