Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI
Bill Maloney
1/22/2010

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01 Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI 02 Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI 03 Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI 04 Spitfire Main Gear
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05 Spitfire Main Gear 06 Spitfire Main Gear 07 Spitfire Hispano 20mm Cannon 08 Spitfire Mk XVI Canopy
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09 Spitfire Mk XVI Radiator Air Intake 10 Spitfire Mk XVI Fuselage 11 Spitfire Mk XVI Tail 12 Spitfire Mk XVI Canopy
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13 Spitfire Mk XVI Aileron 14 Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI Specifications:

WWII Supermarine Spitfire Fighters at other Aviation Museums in the Northeast
WWII Spitfire at the Vintage Wings of Canada Museum Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIat the USAF Museum  in Dayton, OH
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
WWII Spitfire Mk VC at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH WWII Spitfire Mk XI at the Canadian Warplane\\ Museum
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
Spitfire Mk IX Spitfire  Mk IX at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
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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