سوپرمارین اسپیت‌فایر

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سوپرمِرین اسپیت‌فایر هواگرد جنگنده بریتانیایی دوره جنگ جهانی دوم است. این هواگرد را نیروی هوایی سلطنتی بریتانیا و چند کشور دیگر از نیروهای متفقین در تمام عرصه‌های جنگ جهانی دوم به‌کار بردند. این هواپیما در جنگ رقیب اصلی مسرشمیت آلمانی‌ها بود، یک هواپیمای ساب‌سونیک بود.

سوپرمارین اسپیت فایر یک هواپیمای جنگنده تک سرنشینه بریتانیایی است که قبل، حین و بعد از جنگ جهانی دوم توسط نیروی هوایی سلطنتی و دیگر کشورهای متفقین مورد استفاده قرار می‌گرفت. گونه‌های زیادی از اسپیت فایر با استفاده از چندین پیکربندی بال ساخته شدند و به تعداد بیشتری نسبت به هر هواپیمای بریتانیایی دیگر تولید شد. [استناد مورد نیاز] همچنین این جنگنده تنها جنگنده بریتانیایی بود که به‌طور مداوم در طول جنگ تولید می‌شد. اسپیت فایر همچنان در میان علاقه مندان محبوب است؛ نزدیک به ۶۰ فروند از این هواپیما باقی مانده‌است، و بسیاری دیگر از نمایشگاه‌های استاتیک در موزه‌های هوانوردی در سراسر جهان است.

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