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Proposed Swan Island aerodrome, 1932
Styled "Aéroparis", this platform project, from the imagination of architect André Lurçat, was intended to serve as a landing and flight track for small-scale aircraft, on the island of Swan, over the viaduct from Bir-Hakeim. Services and aircraft garages were reportedly protected under the runway.
You'd have to be in Seine to land there
Proposed Swan Island aerodrome, 1932
Styled "Aéroparis", this platform project, from the imagination of architect André Lurçat, was intended to serve as a landing and flight track for small-scale aircraft, on the island of Swan, over the viaduct from Bir-Hakeim. Services and aircraft garages were reportedly protected under the runway.
You'd have to be in Seine to land there
Like the Spitfire, there were quite a few variants of the Seafire - both Merlin and Griffon engined.
When World War 2 started, the Royal Navy realised thet they were really short of modern high performance aircraft for carrier operation. That is why they bought Grumman Wildcats (as Martlets) in 1939. However, they also requested that navalised versions of both the new Hurricane and Spitfire.
Adapting a lightweight, lightly built land based fighter for carrier operations always throws up problems. Essentially, the airframe and undercarriage needs to be beefed up as well as catapult and arrestor equipment needs to be fitted. In the case of the Seafire, after the initial version, which was really just a beefed up Spitire V, later Seafires also featured folding wing tips to aid under-deck hangar storage.
The last pictures shows a Seafire FR47, which was probably the ultimate development of the Spitfire/Seafire line.
When World War 2 started, the Royal Navy realised thet they were really short of modern high performance aircraft for carrier operation. That is why they bought Grumman Wildcats (as Martlets) in 1939. However, they also requested that navalised versions of both the new Hurricane and Spitfire.
Adapting a lightweight, lightly built land based fighter for carrier operations always throws up problems. Essentially, the airframe and undercarriage needs to be beefed up as well as catapult and arrestor equipment needs to be fitted. In the case of the Seafire, after the initial version, which was really just a beefed up Spitire V, later Seafires also featured folding wing tips to aid under-deck hangar storage.
The last pictures shows a Seafire FR47, which was probably the ultimate development of the Spitfire/Seafire line.
FourWheelDrift said:
LotusOmega375D said:
Not sure that locating it right next to the tallest building in Europe was a good idea.
Clever if you think about it, no need to spend more money on the ATC tower when they can sit on top of the one already there 
To be fair, the question didn't say "How do you know the Spitfire in the picture is actually a Seafire".
It certainly looked to me that it was in 1941-45 Fleet Air Arm colours and also Fleet Air Arm aircraft sometimes carried yellow codes. So it was the colours that indicated to me it was a Seafire. It could be a Spitfire in drag though.
I was thinking it might be similar to these schemes.
It certainly looked to me that it was in 1941-45 Fleet Air Arm colours and also Fleet Air Arm aircraft sometimes carried yellow codes. So it was the colours that indicated to me it was a Seafire. It could be a Spitfire in drag though.
I was thinking it might be similar to these schemes.
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