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
Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire British Light Aircraft Association. The company has since moved to Cisco Airport, Texas in the US, which O'Sullivan also manages. The prototype MK25 was initially fitted with a Rotax engine, before development progressed through a series of more powerful Jabiru types. Early production models were powered by eight-cylinder, Jabiru engines made in Australia. Subsequently, the company introduced a V6 Isuzu engine conversion, producing with supercharger, as well as a V8 General Motors automotive engine conversion producing . Early versions of the Spitfire MK26 used an eight-cylinder Jabiru 5100 horizontally opposed aero engine, but early installations suffered from inadequate cooling. The