Supermarine Swift

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jet fighter aircraft military aircraft reconnaissance aircraft

The Supermarine Swift was a British single-seat jet fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the early Cold War era, developed for the Royal Air Force as one of its first swept-wing jet designs.

Aliases (1)

Swift F.3 ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jet fighter aircraft → military aircraft → reconnaissance aircraft →
aircraftCategory	carrier-capable jet fighter →
airIntakeType	fuselage side intakes →
armament	30 mm ADEN cannon →
configuration	single-seat →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
crew	1 →
designFeature	pressurised cockpit → swept tailplane → tricycle landing gear →
developedFor	Royal Air Force →
engineModel	Rolls-Royce Avon →
engineType	turbojet →
era	early Cold War →
firstFlight	1948 →
introduced	1954 →
manufacturer	Supermarine →
maximumSpeed	approximately Mach 0.95 →
notableFor	being one of the RAF's first swept-wing jet fighters →
notableVariant	Swift F.1 → Swift F.2 → Swift F.3 → Swift F.4 → Swift FR.5 → Swift PR.6 →
numberBuilt	197 →
operatedBy	Royal Air Force →
predecessor	Supermarine Attacker →
primaryRole	fighter →
propulsion	jet →
range	approximately 700 miles →
retired	1967 →
secondaryRole	photo-reconnaissance →
serviceCeiling	about 40,000 ft →
status	retired →
tailConfiguration	conventional tailplane →
usedBy	No. 2 Air Navigation School RAF → No. 2 Squadron RAF → No. 208 Squadron RAF → No. 4 Squadron RAF → No. 541 Squadron RAF → No. 56 Squadron RAF → No. 79 Squadron RAF → No. 81 Squadron RAF → Royal Aircraft Establishment →
usedIn	Cold War →
wingType	swept-wing →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Supermarine →	notableProduct
Supermarine Swift ("Swift F.3") →	notableVariant
Joseph Smith →	workedOn