Spitfire, Supermarine

Derek James, 2001. The technical advances made In the competition found almost immediate applications in warplane design. A parallel discourse was set up adjacent to designs based on first war experience. Compare the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. 

As has already been indicated, the water-proof plywood was used extensively for the constmction of aircraft and gliders and the densified wood was used in propeller manufacture for such aircraft as the Avro Lancaster, the Handley Page Halifax, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Hawker Typhoon. 

With the outbreak of war, work was immediately commenced on producing a prototype Supermarine Spitfire cockpit and fuselage out of Gordon Aerolite [17]... 

With the outbreak of the war, work was immediately commenced on producing a prototype Supermarine Spitfire cockpit and fuselage out of Gordon Aerolite (Fig. 13.2). In the event, although a replacement for aluminum was not required for the Spitfire, some 30 Miles Magister tailplanes were produced out of Gordon Aerolite. 

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