Air International 1994-10 / Fighter A to Z

The Supermarine 508, which was originally intended for "undercarriageless" operation on "flexible-deck" carriers.

Мировая Авиация 213

Старший летчик-испытатель "Supermarine" Майк Литгоу пилотирует Type 508, рядом с которым следует прототип Type 535 Swift. Авиашоу в Фарнборо, сентябрь 1951 года.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Swift - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Мировая Авиация 60

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX133

31 августа 1951г.: Supermarine Type 508 (VX133) выполнил первый полет под управлением Майка Литгоу. Испытания Type 508 на британском авианосце "Игл" были завершены в мае 1952 года.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / C.Andrews - Supermarine Scimitar /Fighters of the fifties/ (22)

The Supermarine 508 is catapulted off during trials aboard HMS Eagle, October/November 1953.

Air Pictorial 1956-02

This Supermarine 508 was spotted on the way to the breakers' yard.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / C.Burnet - Supermarine superpriority /1950s flight testing/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX136   [2]

First flown on August 29, 1952, the Supermarine Type 529, VX136, seen here during carrier trials, was almost indistinguishable from its immediate forebear, the Type 508. However, it could be identified by the small strakes extending forward from the butterfly tailplanes.

Air International 1994-08 / A.Pearcy - A look back at Bedford

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX136   [2]

Busy apron scene at Bedford on August 29, 1960, depicting flight test aircraft used by both NAD and Aero Flight. They include a hybrid all-white Hunter WW598, two Fairey Delta 2s WG774 and WG777, Buccaneer S.1 XK524, Supermarine Scimitar, and in the top left hand corner of the photograph Supermarine Type 529 VX136 delivered to NAD on April 15, 1953 for tail-down deck landing trials.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Blackburn Buccaneer / B-103 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1958Fairey FD.2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1954Hawker Hunter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1951Supermarine Scimitar - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1956

Aviation Historian 38 / P.Stoddard - Sharpening the Scimitar

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX138   [4]

The sole Supermarine Type 525, VX138, was the true genesis of the Scimitar, fitted with swept wings and conventional swept tail surfaces, in contrast to the Type 508’s straight-tapered wings and butterfly tail. The 525 made its first flight on April 27, 1954, in the hands of Supermarine test pilot Mike Lithgow, but was lost in a fatal crash while on a test flight from Boscombe Down on July 5, 1955.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / C.Andrews - Supermarine Scimitar /Fighters of the fifties/ (22)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX138   [4]

An early photograph of VX138, the Type 525, first flown by Lt Cdr Mike Lithgow in April 1954.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / C.Burnet - Supermarine superpriority /1950s flight testing/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX138   [4]

The Type 525, the true prototype of the Scimitar naval fighter, had more conventional tail surfaces. Serialled VX138, it first flew In April 1954. This photograph was taken by Charles E. Brown.

Air International 1994-10 / Fighter A to Z

Developed from the Type 5087, the Type 529 (525 ???) introduced wing sweep-back and was, in effect, the prototype for the Scimitar naval fighter.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / C.Burnet - Supermarine superpriority /1950s flight testing/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VX138   [4]

Poor but rare cine stills taken by the author from a D.H.89 in June 1955, depicting the Type 525 VX138 in the “semi-navy” scheme applied only shortly before the aircraft was lost in a crash at Boscombe Down on July 5.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / C.Burnet - Supermarine superpriority /1950s flight testing/

Lieutenant-Commander Mike Lithgow in the cockpit of the Type 525.

Air International 1994-10 / Fighter A to Z

The Supermarine 508, which was originally intended for "undercarriageless" operation on "flexible-deck" carriers.