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The ultimate what-if: Cancelled Spitfire progenitor

Hi all,
Here’s an intriguing story:
“Just as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was derived from the civil Bf 108 Taifun so the Spitfire was derived from the four seat cabin monoplane…”

See the full story and artwork below:

http://hushkit.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/the-ultimate-what-if-the-cancelled-supermarine-spitfire-progenitor/

Thanks

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By: scion - 1st July 2012 at 11:15

spitfire type tourer

Could this be what is the “What if”

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By: knifeedgeturn - 28th June 2012 at 11:00

I’ve seen mention that the Attackers wings, (that it inherited from the Spiteful) were, less efficient at high mark numbers, than those of the Spitfire; so much for progress

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By: PeterVerney - 27th June 2012 at 19:39

You are forgetting the Attacker, Spiteful wings on a gash jet body

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/navrad/PakistaniAttackerMedium.jpg

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By: Hush-kit - 27th June 2012 at 13:56

Great Stuff! Love the 224 derivative!

Here’s another for you:

The Supermarine Jetfire:http://hushkit.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/the-ultimate-what-if-the-supermarine-jetfire/

I hope you enjoy this nice What-If.

We are currently working on features on the P.1154 and Fiat G.95 STOVL fighters.

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By: spitfireman - 27th June 2012 at 11:02

Had a ‘what if’ thought a few years ago, came to the conclusion the Supermarine 224 might have been developed further as a back-up to the Hurricane.

Tear drop canopy, Merlin engine and on another sideview, retracts.

How far Supermarine would have gone is purely guesswork.

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By: Snoopy7422 - 27th June 2012 at 10:43

Naaa…

I’m not sure that it’s true to say that the ‘109 was ‘derived from the ‘108 ‘. Same designer, same period, vaguely similar looks. Probably no more than that.
Methinketh idle hands need more work…! :diablo:

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By: Edgar Brooks - 26th June 2012 at 20:44

If the Spitfire never made it you would of had.

Compulsory German lessons in school; Mum and Dad called away on the Auschwitz Express, and never seen again.

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By: knifeedgeturn - 26th June 2012 at 20:30

What if the AM had fast tracked “Mitchells bomber” and in 1940, the response to the Luftwaffe attacks, was the carpet bombing of Berlin?

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By: Trolly Aux - 26th June 2012 at 20:02

Lots more Hawker Typhoons

Maybe we would never of got to Typhoons if The Spitfire had never made it !

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By: Collis - 26th June 2012 at 19:37

If the Spitfire never made it you would of had.

Lots more Hurricanes
More defiants
More Gladiators

And lots of German airman crying because they had not been shot down by a Spit

Lots more Hawker Typhoons

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By: Trolly Aux - 26th June 2012 at 19:27

If the Spitfire never made it you would of had.

Lots more Hurricanes
More defiants
More Gladiators

And lots of German airman crying because they had not been shot down by a Spit

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By: Mark V - 26th June 2012 at 19:00

Taifun is german for typhoon

I obviously don’t have my sense of humour tuned in to this …

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By: Collis - 26th June 2012 at 17:15

More :rolleyes: like A CON! And why give it the name of a Hawker fighter

Taifun is german for typhoon

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By: antoni - 26th June 2012 at 15:52

Pre-war alliteration was all the rage. No Supermarine design would be given a name that did not start with an ‘S’. Sparrow was the best they could come up with for a landplane.

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By: Mark V - 26th June 2012 at 15:47

Dream on.

A KON.

Mark

More :rolleyes: like A CON! And why give it the name of a Hawker fighter

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By: Hush-kit - 26th June 2012 at 15:39

That is lovely,

inkspot would you be able to contact me to discuss your artworks via [email]hushkiteditorial@gmail.com[/email]? Thank you.

I’m glad you’re enjoying the what-ifs, we’ve got some more crackers coming soon. I’m looking forward to the Tornado F.Mk 5, developed when Typhoon was cancelled!

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By: knifeedgeturn - 26th June 2012 at 14:46

Yeah something like that; what a nice aeroplane.

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By: inkworm - 26th June 2012 at 13:59

Better off discussing the b12/36; at least that existed.

Something like this?

It is nice to see and have fun with the speculation and what ifs however. The Supermarine Tourer makes sense though.

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By: Mark12 - 26th June 2012 at 13:50

Dream on.

G – A KON.

Mark

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By: knifeedgeturn - 26th June 2012 at 12:09

Better off discussing the b12/36; at least that existed.

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