Supermarine: Swift
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The Supermarine Swift was a British single-seat jet fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF), built by Supermarine during the 1950s. After a protracted development period, the Swift entered service as an interceptor, but, due to a spate of accidents, its service life was short. A photo reconnaissance variant resolved some of the Swift's teething problems.[1]
Variants
Type 510
- Prototype developed from the Vickers Supermarine Attacker still with a tailwheel undercarriage but with swept wings and tail.
Type 517
- Prototype fitted with a variable incidence tailplane.
Type 535
- Prototype fitted with a nosewheel undercarriage.
Swift F.Mk 1
- Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a fixed variable-incidence tailplane, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon RA-7/109 turbojet engine without an afterburner, armed with two 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F.Mk 2
- Single-seat fighter aircraft, armed with four 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F.Mk 3
- Single-seat fighter aircraft, powered by an after burning Rolls-Royce Avon RA-7A/114 turbojet engine, armed with two 30-mm aden cannons.
Swift F.Mk 4
- Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a variable-incidence tailplane.
Swift FR.Mk 5
- Single-seat tactical-reconnaissance aircraft, fitted with a lengthened nose to accommodate three cameras, equipped with a frameless cockpit canopy, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon 114 turbojet engine, armed with two 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F.Mk 7
- Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a lengthened nose to accommodate a radar, armed with four 30-mm Aden cannons and four Fairey Fireflash air-to-air missiles.
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