Fighter Aircraft

The Eurofighter Typhoon program began in the late 1980s, with its first flight occurring in 1994. Development and production took several years, leading to its entry into service with the Royal Air Force in 2003. Overall, the entire development process spanned over 15 years, with ongoing enhancements and upgrades continuing even after its initial deployment.

There were mark numbers from 1 to 24 with many variations, also about 8 marks of Seafire. Every mark had many variations so there was a large number of slightly different aircraft.

Who says it was inferior. More Migs were shot down by Phantoms in Vietnam.

An airplane.

Either by well aimed anti-aircraft fire, or by other aircraft weapons, fighter or bomber.

Fast.

About 20,350 Spitfires were made in WW2. - Not included in this number were the later models of Spiteful and the naval Seafang, which were really different but similar aircraft.

About 230 Mustangs still fly.

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They created Spitfires specifically because the Royal Air Force put out a Specification in 1934 for an 8 gun fighter with retractable undercarriage and a speed of at least 275 mph. The Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane were both results of this specification.

Most Spitfires were about 30 feet long and had 36 ft,10 inch wingspan, but there were many variations. In over 22 'marks' of Spitfire there were at least 4 different wings and 5-6 different fuselages.

The spitfire mk1a had 350 rounds for each of its 8 guns. This is about 35 seconds of fire

Final models of the F-4 could fly about 1,470 mph at altitude.

The Spitfire first flew in 1936 and over 20,000 were built by the end of production in 1947

Eurofighter Typhoon

The F-15 Eagle is one of the worlds fastest operational fighter jet with a top speed of Mach 2.5.

However the Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 "Foxbat" interceptor is capable of Mach 3.2 if the pilot is willing to destroy his engines, and is normally restricted to Mach 2.8. Also it's successor the MiG-31 "Foxhound" is also capable of Mach 2.8.

Also the American Lockheed YF-12 interceptor, one of the predecessors of the SR-71 "Blackbird" was approved for acquisition by the USAF back in the 1960's, but due to government intervention the order for 100 planes was canceled. The YF-12 was reportedly capable of Mach 3.35.

A similar fate also occured to the Canadian Avro Arrow program which was scuttled in the late 1950's, the initial design brief was for a Mach 2 capable interceptor, years before any other similar aircraft existed, though there were other similar programs. One of the design studies suggested that with some modification to the design it would be Mach 3 capable.

A Supermarine Spitfire, a British fighter aircraft from World War II, typically accommodates one pilot. While the cockpit is designed for a single occupant, modifications or special versions might allow for a passenger seat, but such configurations are rare. Generally, for standard operations, only one person can fit in a Spitfire.

A jet engine works basically the same as any engine. It compresses air, then injects fuel and ignites it with the result that the fuel/air burns and expands which produces work.

Air is brought in the engine and turning blades compress the air and pushes it further back. When it gets to the combustion chamber, fuel is injected and the gas is ignited. The fuel/air burns and expands and flows faster out the back. As it does, it turns the turbine blades which are connected by a shaft to the front blades and keeps the engine turning.

Wingspan of the A-10 Thunderbolt is 57 ft 6 in.