Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "End of the Spits – The Supermarine Spiteful and Seafang" video.

  1. Just when you think there is nothing new to learn about the Spitfire and its variants up pops two more. The Spitfires wing almost made a return. Back in the 1980s it was realised the problems which the Soviet helicopter fleets could cause in the event of a war by dropping troops behind NATO lines. There was a proposal put forward for a highly maneuverable turboprop power aircraft utilising the canard layout and with the Spitfires wing. The idea was that, similarly to the A-10, it would have a rotary cannon in the nose, 20 mm I believe, and the turboprop in the rear. It would also mount a large number of air-to-air missiles under the wings. Once the Soviet helicopter fleets were detected squadrons of these aircraft would be scrambled to intercept them. The end of the Cold War meant that the idea never went any further.
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