| Registration / Serial: | N-17 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 323 Spitfire |
| C/n (msn): | [ K9834 ] |
| City / Area: | Brussels / Palais du Cinquantenaire - Jubelpaleis [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Event: | Salon International de l'Aéronautique / Internationaal Luchtvaartsalon 1939 |
| Photo Date: | July 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 586108Submit Correction |
| View count: | 203 |
The second Brussels Aero Show took place just a few weeks before the outbreak of WWII. Britain displayed this 'Speed Spitfire', the heavily modified 48th Spitfire I. It had demonstrated a top speed of 657 km/h (408 mph) but this was not good enough for a world speed record attempt. Its radiator was then replaced with an evaporative cooling system. Meanwhile though the He 100 V8 and the Me 209 brought the world speed record to 746 km/h and 755 km/h (469 mph) which the Type 323 could never touch. K9834 was converted to a photo recce Spitfire but it range was too short to be of use. In the background is the Reid and Sigrist RS.1 Snargasher trainer, G-AEOD.
| Registration / Serial: | N-17 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 323 Spitfire |
| C/n (msn): | [ K9834 ] |
| City / Area: | Brussels / Palais du Cinquantenaire - Jubelpaleis [ Off-Airport ]Map | Country: | Belgium |
| Photo Date: | July 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N-17 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 323 Spitfire |
| C/n (msn): | [ K9834 ] |
| City / Area: | Brussels / Palais du Cinquantenaire - Jubelpaleis [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Event: | Salon International de l'Aéronautique / Internationaal Luchtvaartsalon 1939 |
| Photo Date: | July 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 586108Submit Correction |
| View count: | 203 |
The second Brussels Aero Show took place just a few weeks before the outbreak of WWII. Britain displayed this 'Speed Spitfire', the heavily modified 48th Spitfire I. It had demonstrated a top speed of 657 km/h (408 mph) but this was not good enough for a world speed record attempt. Its radiator was then replaced with an evaporative cooling system. Meanwhile though the He 100 V8 and the Me 209 brought the world speed record to 746 km/h and 755 km/h (469 mph) which the Type 323 could never touch. K9834 was converted to a photo recce Spitfire but it range was too short to be of use. In the background is the Reid and Sigrist RS.1 Snargasher trainer, G-AEOD.
| Registration / Serial: | N-17 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 323 Spitfire |
| C/n (msn): | [ K9834 ] |
| City / Area: | Brussels / Palais du Cinquantenaire - Jubelpaleis [ Off-Airport ]Map | Country: | Belgium |
| Photo Date: | July 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |