Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire 2013, A MK26 80% scale Spitfire crashed in Adelaide, Australia. The pilot, as the only passenger in the aircraft, died as a result of the accident. Official findings show pilot error as the main contributor of the accident, however, the ATSB report stated: "The aircraft was prone to aerodynamically stall with little or no aerodynamic precursors and it was not fitted with a stall warning device, increasing the risk of inadvertent stall." Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire The Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire is an Australian homebuilt aircraft produced in kit form by Supermarine Aircraft. A replica of the famous British Supermarine Spitfire World
British military aircraft designation systems by Manufacturer Name and Specification Number. If accepted they would get a service name. For example, the "Fairey 6/22"; this being the 6th specification issued in the year 1922 that was accepted as the "Fairey Flycatcher". Later, a preceding letter was added to the Specification Number to identify the type of aircraft; e.g. the "Bristol B.28/35", a bomber aircraft, the 28th specification of the year 1935, which would become the Bristol Blenheim. From about 1910, the largest single designer of aircraft for the British Army's Royal Flying Corps was the Royal Aircraft Factory. The Royal Aircraft Factory designated its types