Time Warp Spitfire Mk V Aviation Administration. Time Warp Spitfire Mk V The Time Warp Spitfire Mk V is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Time Warp Aircraft of Lakeland, Florida, introduced in 1996 at Sun 'n Fun. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction. The aircraft is a 60% scale version of the Second World War British Supermarine Spitfire. The Spitfire Mk V features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from wood and composites.
Supermarine Spitfire dive while being flown by Squadron Leader Anthony F. Martindale, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, when the propeller and reduction gear broke off. The dive put the aircraft to Mach 0.92, the fastest ever recorded in a piston-engined aircraft, but when the propeller came off, the Spitfire, now tail-heavy, zoom-climbed back to altitude. Martindale blacked out under the 11 g loading, but when he resumed consciousness, he found the aircraft at about 40,000 feet with its (originally straight) wings now slightly swept back. Martindale successfully glided the Spitfire back to the airfield and landed safely. Martindale was awarded the Air