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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Supermarine Swift canonical 8
Supermarine Swift family 2
Supermarine Swift fighter 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 engine ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Supermarine Swift self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supermarine → notableProduct → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Joseph Smith → workedOn → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Supermarine Swift → notableVariant → Supermarine Swift self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swift F.3
Rolls-Royce Avon engine → usedIn → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Swift F.1 → partOfSeries → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift PR.6 → basedOn → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift PR.6 → aircraftFamily → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supermarine Swift family
Swift F.2 → partOfSeries → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift F.2 → developedFrom → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supermarine Swift prototype
Swift FR.5 → basedOn → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift FR.5 → aircraftFamily → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supermarine Swift family
Swift FR.5 → variantOf → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supermarine Swift fighter
Swift F.4 → partOfSeries → Supermarine Swift ⓘ