Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI
Bill Maloney 1/22/2010 |
WWII Supermarine Spitfire Fighters at other Aviation Museums in the Northeast |
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Another Supermarine Spitfire XVI at the Vintage Wings of Canada Museum in Gatineau, Ontario | A Supermarine Spitfire PR XI at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH |
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Another Supermarine Spitfire MK VC at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH | A Spitfire Mk XI L. F. at the Canada Aviation Museum |
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Spitfire Mk IX at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada | A Spitfire Mk IX at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum |
Length: 31 feet, 4 inches
Wingspan: 32 feet 7 inches
Height: 12 feet, 7 inches
Crew: 1
Weight: Empty 5,050lbs Max Takeoff - 7,500lbs
Max Speed: 404mph at 21,000 feet
Cruise Speed: 322mph at 20,000 feet
Range: 434 miles
Service Ceiling: 37,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 101 gallons internally
Powerplant: Rolls Royce Merlin 76 with 1,250hp
Armament:
Two Hispano 20mm Cannon
Four Browning .303 machine guns
500lbs of bombs externally
Cost: $60,000
Here is a Youtube Spitfire Mk XVI video showing the Spitfire at an airshow along with a Bf 109. It looks like it may be this very Mk XVI. This Spitfire Mk XVI Youtube video shows an XVI starting and running up its Rolls Royce Merlin engine and doing a flyby at an airshow in Sweden.
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