Supermarine Spitfire V

Supermarine Spitfire V

An aircraft recognition card with an underside photograph of a Spitfire and on the reverse three silhouettes and technical details.

One double sided printed card

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VALENTINE'S "AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION" CARDS
VALENTINE & SONS, LTD.,
DUNDEE and LONDON.

Printed in Gt. Britain.

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"THE PROFICIENCY TEST" SERIES No. – 60

THE VICKERS-ARMSTRONG SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE VB.
BRITISH SINGLE SEAT FIGHTER

One 1,150 h.p. Rolls Royce Merlin XLV motor. Crew of one.
Low wing cantilever monoplane of all metal construction with stressed metal covering. Deep-breasted nose. Elliptical wings. Cantilever fin and rudder. Rounded tailplane with elliptical leading edge. Radiator under starboard wing, air cooler under port wing. Armament: Two Cannon and four machine guns.

Dimensions. – Span, 36 ft. 10 in.; length, 30 ft. 4 in.; height, 11 ft. 5 in.; wing area, 242 sq. ft.; aspect ratio, 5.6

No further details are available for general publication.

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THESE DRAWINGS, REPRODUCED FROM "AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION," ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF "THE AEROPLANE."

RECOGNITION POINTS. – Low wing of elliptical form with pointed tips. Straight tapered fuselage with pointed nose and curved underline. Marked dihedral on the mainplane. Small single rounded fin and rudder. Outward retracting undercarriage and fixed tail wheel.