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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 2065.PDF
I \ FLIGHT wITH its twin Rolls-Royce Avons, Britain's newest carrier-borne fighter, the Supermarine 508 (right) is the most powerful of its kind, and by virtue of special high-lift devices noticed at Farnborough (camber-changing leading edge, as on the Grumman Panther and S.E. Grognard, and high-efficiency trailing-edge flaps) the speed range is exceptionally wide. It would appear from the stern view at upper right that the incidence of the "butterfly" tail is varied by moving the fuselage tail-cone. Supermarine single-jet fighters —the Attacker and 535—to which the 508 is related are depicted in comparative views above.
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