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Supermarine S.4

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The Supermarine S.4 was a 1920s British single-engined single-seat monoplane racing seaplane built by Supermarine to compete in the 1925 Schneider Trophy. [1]

27 relations: Baltimore, Biplane, Curtiss CR, Curtiss R3C, David Niven, Flying boat, Foot (unit), Gloster III, Jimmy Doolittle, Leslie Howard, Lieutenant, Monocoque, Napier Lion, R. J. Mitchell, Schneider Trophy, Southampton Water, Supermarine, Supermarine S.5, Supermarine S.6, Supermarine S.6B, Supermarine Sea Lion, Supermarine Spitfire, The First of the Few, United Kingdom, United States, W engine, 1925 in aviation.

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Biplane

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other.

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Curtiss CR

The Curtiss CR was a racing aircraft designed for the United States Navy in 1921 by Curtiss.

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Curtiss R3C

The Curtiss R3C was an American racing aircraft built in landplane and floatplane form.

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David Niven

James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, memoirist and novelist.

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Flying boat

A flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water, that usually has no type of landing gear to allow operation on land.

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Foot (unit)

The foot (feet; abbreviation: ft; symbol: ′, the prime symbol) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement.

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Gloster III

The Gloster III was a British racing floatplane of the 1920s intended to compete for the Schneider Trophy air race.

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Jimmy Doolittle

James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer.

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Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.

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Monocoque

Monocoque, also structural skin, is a structural system where loads are supported through an object's external skin, similar to an egg shell.

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Napier Lion

The Napier Lion was a 12-cylinder 'broad arrow' W12 configuration aircraft engine built by D. Napier & Son from 1917 until the 1930s.

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R. J. Mitchell

Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE, FRAeS, (20 May 1895 – 11 June 1937) was an English aeronautical engineer who worked for Supermarine Aviation.

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Schneider Trophy

The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Schneider Cup, a different prize), was a trophy awarded annually (and later, biannually) to the winner of a race for seaplanes and flying boats.

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Southampton Water

Southampton Water is a tidal estuary north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight in England.

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Supermarine

Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer that produced, among the others, a range of seaplanes, flying boats and the Supermarine Spitfire fighter.

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Supermarine S.5

The Supermarine S.5 was a 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine.

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Supermarine S.6

The Supermarine S.6 is a 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine.

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Supermarine S.6B

The Supermarine S.6B is a British racing seaplane developed by R.J. Mitchell for the Supermarine company to take part in the Schneider Trophy competition of 1931.

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Supermarine Sea Lion

The Supermarine Sea Lions were a series of flying boats built for the Schneider Trophy.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during and after World War II.

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The First of the Few

The First of the Few (US title Spitfire) is a 1942 British black-and-white biographical film produced and directed by Leslie Howard, who stars as R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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W engine

A W engine is a type of reciprocating engine arranged with its cylinders in a configuration in which the cylinder banks resemble the letter W, in the same way those of a V engine resemble the letter V. Four different configurations have been called W engines.

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1925 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1925.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_S.4

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