{"product_id":"supermarine-spitfire-mk-ia-export-egypt","title":"Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia \"Export \u0026 Egypt\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eKovozavody 1\/72\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eSupermarine Spitfire\u003c\/b\u003e is a British single-seat \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fighter_aircraft\" title=\"Fighter aircraft\"\u003efighter aircraft\u003c\/a\u003e that was used by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Air_Force\" title=\"Royal Air Force\"\u003eRoyal Air Force\u003c\/a\u003e and other \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" title=\"Allies of World War II\"\u003eAllied\u003c\/a\u003e countries before, during, and after \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" title=\"World War II\"\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the \u003cbr\u003ewar. The Spitfire remains popular among enthusiasts. Around \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_surviving_Supermarine_Spitfires\" title=\"List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires\"\u003e70 remain airworthy\u003c\/a\u003e, and many more are static exhibits in aviation museums throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Spitfire was a short-range, high-performance \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interceptor_aircraft\" title=\"Interceptor aircraft\"\u003einterceptor aircraft\u003c\/a\u003e designed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R._J._Mitchell\" title=\"R. J. Mitchell\"\u003eR. J. Mitchell\u003c\/a\u003e, chief designer at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supermarine\" title=\"Supermarine\"\u003eSupermarine\u003c\/a\u003e Aviation Works, which operated as a subsidiary of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vickers-Armstrong\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Vickers-Armstrong\"\u003eVickers-Armstrong\u003c\/a\u003e from 1928. Mitchell modified the Spitfire's distinctive \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliptical_wing\" title=\"Elliptical wing\"\u003eelliptical wing\u003c\/a\u003e (designed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beverley_Shenstone\" title=\"Beverley Shenstone\"\u003eBeverley Shenstone\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e with innovative sunken rivets to have the thinnest possible \u003cbr\u003ecross-section, achieving a potential top speed greater than that of \u003cbr\u003eseveral contemporary fighter aircraft, including the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawker_Hurricane\" title=\"Hawker Hurricane\"\u003eHawker Hurricane\u003c\/a\u003e. Mitchell continued to refine the design until his death in 1937, whereupon his colleague \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Smith_(aircraft_designer)\" title=\"Joseph Smith (aircraft designer)\"\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c\/a\u003e took over as chief designer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"A_type\"\u003eA type\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eA-type\u003c\/i\u003e was the original wing design, with eight \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/.303_British\" title=\".303 British\"\u003e.303 calibre\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M1919_Browning_machine_gun\" title=\"M1919 Browning machine gun\"\u003eBrowning machine guns\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e with 300 rounds per gun (rpg). The basic structure of the wing was \u003cbr\u003eunchanged until the C type in 1942. The one major alteration made to \u003cbr\u003ethis wing, soon after production started, was the incorporation of a \u003cbr\u003eheating system for the gun bays, to prevent the guns from freezing up at\u003cbr\u003e high altitudes. To achieve this, open structures, such as wing ribs, \u003cbr\u003esurrounding the gun-bays were closed off, forming closed bays for each \u003cbr\u003egun. Ducting was added, which drew heated air from the engine radiator \u003cbr\u003eand transferred it into the now-closed weapon-bays. Underwing vents, \u003cbr\u003ecovered by streamlined triangular blisters just inboard of the wingtips,\u003cbr\u003e extracted the air, creating a negative pressure differential, and \u003cbr\u003ecaused more heated air to be drawn in, ensuring a steady supply of \u003cbr\u003eheated air without any need for a mechanical blower. To keep cold air \u003cbr\u003efrom blowing in via the muzzle openings in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leading_edge\" title=\"Leading edge\"\u003eleading edge\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e they were sealed with red fabric adhesive tape by ground crew while \u003cbr\u003eloading the ammunition trays. The guns fired through the tape, so they \u003cbr\u003ewere no longer sealed after combat. Towards the end of 1940, the fabric \u003cbr\u003ecovered \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aileron\" title=\"Aileron\"\u003eailerons\u003c\/a\u003e were replaced by ones covered in light alloy. The A-type wing was only compatible with the 8 × \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/.303_British\" title=\".303 British\"\u003e.303\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M1919_Browning_machine_gun\" title=\"M1919 Browning machine gun\"\u003eBrowning\u003c\/a\u003e machine gun armament suite.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/static4.redcart.pl\/templates\/images\/thumb\/2616\/1500\/1500\/en\/0\/templates\/images\/products\/2616\/b5f1240447fac69c96b6e6d21c6c9f58.png\" jsaction=\"\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" style=\"max-width: 1149px; height: 495.577px; margin: 0px; width: 718.469px;\" alt=\"Kovozavody Prostejov KPM0277 Spitfire Mk.Ia „Export \u0026amp; Egypt“ 1\/72\" jsname=\"kn3ccd\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kovozavody (KP)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57795416555904,"sku":"KPM277","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/KPM277.png?v=1775218078","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/supermarine-spitfire-mk-ia-export-egypt","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}