The Supermarine Syrena in RAF Service

[Spinners 15,984]

[Stratos 3,181]

A pure interceptor?

[Spinners 15,984]

2 hours ago, Stratos said:

A pure interceptor?

Only the F.1 at the top. The bottom four are ground-attack.

[Stratos 3,181]

Pretty interesting idea, thanks for sharing!

[Mike Dora 171]

Good grief Spinners!

You’ve given us a flying Lada!

If memory serves, the first generation of this type (before they put hinges in the wings) had about 8 minutes’ endurance when using afterburners. Probably why they invariably flew with 2 drop tanks on the fuselage pylons.

(Not that the RAF had much to crow about there, cf EE Lightning - it was so fuel-hungry, it had tanks in its flaps.)

[Stratos 3,181]

That's why they call them Point Interceptors. With Firestreaks would look amazing!