Supermarine 224

[Filonian]

Came across this by JR Lucariny. Up at all nodes now.

Never heard of the beast, but that's nowt fresh.












Graham

[emfrat]

Cheers, Graham -
It looks like one of those "disposable fighters" that were considered in relation to the B of B.
I think there is also a Miles design, built to the same requirement, to be found at t'Pond.

ATB
MikeW

[DispatchDragon]

I always thought the 224 was the forerunner of the Spitfire.

Uncle Ted did the Miles M20



Its rather fun to play with

A LOT more sophisticated than the 224.


Leif

[AndyG]

It was Supermarine's submission to the F7/30 requirement which gave the RAF the Gladiator. Mitchell tried to take the lessons learnt from the Schneider Trophy racers and apply them to a modern fighter, but the result was an unmitigated failure - thankfully he took on board the lessons learnt and proceeded to refine his ideas with the results we all know so well.

[Garry Russell]

Thanks for that Andy