Supermarine Aircraft in the US and is now an American limited liability company. Aircraft are now approved and flying in many countries and over 92 have been sold. The Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire is the only all-aluminium replica Spitfire in production. Three models have been produced, all sub-scale: Supermarine Aircraft Supermarine Aircraft, LLC is an American kit aircraft manufacturer based in Cisco, Texas, with its head office in nearby Clyde. Originally founded in Brisbane, Australia by Mike O'Sullivan and his business partner John McCarron, the company manufactures the Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire homebuilt kit aircraft which, although slightly smaller than the original Supermarine Spitfire,
Supermarine Spitfire were then sold to the Indian Air Force along with six to the Irish Air Corps, three to the Royal Netherlands Air Force and one for the Royal Egyptian Air Force. Currently several of the trainers are known to exist, including both the T Mk VIII, a T Mk IX based in the US, and the "Grace Spitfire" "ML407", a veteran flown operationally by 485(NZ) Squadron in 1944. The Seafire, a name derived from "sea", and "Spitfire", was a naval version of the Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. Although the Spitfire was not designed for the rough-and-tumble