Twin-boom Spitfire

[Spey_Phantom]

if tophe still is around, he's gonna love this  B)
i found this image of a twin boomed spit, does anyone know anymore about this design  

[kitnut617]

I read about this sometime ago in Aeromilitaria, a publication of Air-Britain.  IIRC the plan was to fly Spitfires made in Canada directly to the UK and the towed wing was a large fuel tank.  This was in the event that Germany had partially invaded England and all production of aircraft had been moved to Canada.  At least that's the gist of it from what I can remember.

Robert

[McGreig]

According to information on the "Early Secret Projects" part of the Secret Projects Forum - www.secretprojects.co.uk - this was part of a project to use a towed wing to increase the load and range of an aircraft with bombs or fuel. Initial tests with a Magister and an auxiliary wing were apparently made in the Summer of 1941 but trouble was experienced with the directional stability of the combination.

There is also a drawing of a Blenheim with a similar auxiliary wing.

(Unfortunately, I can't post pictures to this part of the forum and I'm not sure how to do a link but the Secret Projects post is easy to find once you're on the site. It's titled "Fake or Really Twin Booms!" and was posted on April 3 2007.)

[Archibald]

if tophe still is around, he's gonna love this  B)
i found this image of a twin boomed spit, does anyone know anymore about this design  

Sadly, Tophe has left 6 months ago because of this BLOODY dilema thread (he was too sensitive for such thing).

Interesting project, that's so odd!!  

[jcf]

Secret Projects thread:
Fake or Really Twin booms(Towed tank)

Cheers, Jon

[Joe C-P]

Has anybody "zwillinged" a Spitfire, like the P-82?

JoeP