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Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II. It also built a range of seaplanes and flying boats, winning the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes with three wins in a row in 1927, 1929 and 1931. After the war, the company produced a series of jet fighters . Overview.
La Supermarine Aviation Works (abreviada como Supermarine) fue una empresa británica fabricante de aeronaves. Historia. El diseñador, constructor y piloto pionero británico Noel Pemberton-Billing fundó la empresa denominada inicialmente, Pemberton Billing Ltd., en 1913 para fabricar aeroplanos.
In 1928, Supermarine Aviation Works were taken over by Vickers-Armstrongs and in a move to try and maintain the racing pedigree, the company operated under the name Vickers Supermarine thereafter. As a direct result of their racing activities and experience both aerodynamics and watercraft, Vickers Supermarine secured orders from the newly ...
The Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, designed by Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd initially on a private venture basis, was highly influenced by a desire to offer a higher performance than had been previously achieved by the F.7/30 design.
In 1928, the Aviation Department changed its name to Vickers (Aviation) Ltd and shortly afterwards acquired Supermarine, which became 'Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd'. In 1938, the two companies were reorganised as Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, although the former Supermarine and Vickers works continued to brand their ...
- 1828
- London, England
- Edward Vickers
- Engineering
It was the design of Reginald J. Mitchell, chief designer of Supermarine Aviation Works, a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong. It was a direct descendant of a series of floatplanes built to compete for the Schneider Trophy in the 1920s and 30s, one of which was the Supermarine S.6B.
Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval. Supermarine Aviation Works (est. 1928) Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927.
