The first original spitfire was designed by R.J. Mitchell
The designer of the Supermarine Spitfire, R. J. Mitchell, called it the spitfire because it was just a sort of a silly bloody name that the Airforce would choose. Look on the bright side: the original name was to be the Shrew. If memory serves, the name Spitfire was chosen by Mitchell's daughter and replaced that name.
A Supermarine Spitfire was a British fighter plane used in world war 2.
The Spitfire first entered service on 5th March 1936
I know one of them is the Supermarine Spitfire II
A monoplane has a single wing. A biplane has two, upper and lower.
An airplane can be a Monoplane or Biplane.
The same thing that makes a monoplane fly (i.e. lift), except a biplane has twice as many wings to do it with.
There have been many British fighter aircraft. Possibly 2 of the most famous were WW1's Sopwith Camel, a small biplane fighter, and ww2's Spitfire an aluminium framed and covered fast monoplane.
a monoplane is a airplnes with 1 wing. a biplane is a aircraft with 2 wings a triplane is a airplane with 3 wings.
The Spitfire origin was fast racing seaplanes. Reginald Mitchell's designs later became one of the first fast monoplane fighters.
The Spitfire was a British fighter plane of WW2. It was a sleek, all aluminium monoplane with a 12 cylinder Rolls Royce Merlin engine.
No, the Spirit of St Louis was a custom built, single engine, single seat monoplane.
An airplane with a single pair of wings is called a "monoplane." This is opposed to a "biplane" which has two pairs of wings or a "triplane" which has three. Since biplanes and triplanes have become so rare, the phrase "monoplane" has fallen into disuse as the monoplane configuration is regarded as being the standard.
That is a monoplane. The one in the picture above is a biplane.
A biplane has two (bi) sets of wings, and a monoplane has one (mono) set of wings. The two sets of wings on a biplane add lift, and also drag, allowing it to fly slower. The one set of wings on a monoplane do not add as much lift or drag, making it faster, and as a result, all the fastest planes are monoplanes, and most planes these days are monoplanes.
An aircraft with one set of wings is known as a 'monoplane'. The other common configurations used to be; 2 wings = Biplane and 3 wings = Triplane.