Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants)
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title:
Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants)
text:
The Rolls-Royce Griffon engine was designed in answer to Royal Navy specifications for an engine capable of generating good power at low altitudes. Concepts for adapting the Spitfire to take the new engine had begun as far back as October 1939; Joseph Smith felt that "The good big 'un will eventually beat the good little 'un." and Ernest Hives of Rolls-Royce thought that the Griffon would be "a second power string for the Spitfire". The first of the Griffon-engined Spitfires flew on 27 November
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Griffon-powered variants of the Supermarine Spitfire
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_(Griffon-powered_variants)
date created:
2009-05-17T03:10:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T07:25:43Z
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