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Supermarine S.6

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Supermarine S.6

Bild: Wikimedia Commons

The Supermarine S.6 was a British single-seat racing seaplane that first flew in 1929, exemplifying interwar high-speed achievement. With a 9.1-metre wingspan and single engine, it reached 575.7 km/h. Its 7.9-metre fuselage embodied the cutting edge of hydrodynamic and aeronautical engineering during the Golden Age of air racing.

Technische Daten

Einsatzrolle
Racing seaplane
Herkunft
United Kingdom
Besatzung
1
Triebwerke
1
Erstflug
1929
Länge
7,9 m
Spannweite
9,1 m
Höchstgeschwindigkeit
576 km/h