Supermarine Swift

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The Supermarine Swift was a British single-seat jet fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the early Cold War era, developed for the Royal Air Force as one of its first swept-wing jet designs.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Supermarine Swift (The Supermarine Swift was a British single-seat jet fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the early Cold War era, developed for the Royal Air Force as one of its first swept-wing jet designs.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jet fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory carrier-capable jet fighter ⓘ
airIntakeType fuselage side intakes ⓘ
armament 30 mm ADEN cannon ⓘ
configuration single-seat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designFeature pressurised cockpit ⓘ
swept tailplane ⓘ
tricycle landing gear ⓘ
developedFor Royal Air Force ⓘ
engineModel Rolls-Royce Avon ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight 1948 ⓘ
introduced 1954 ⓘ
manufacturer Supermarine ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately Mach 0.95 ⓘ
notableFor being one of the RAF's first swept-wing jet fighters ⓘ
notableVariant Swift F.1 ⓘ
Swift F.2 ⓘ
Swift F.3 ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine Swift

Swift F.4 ⓘ
Swift FR.5 ⓘ
Swift PR.6 ⓘ
numberBuilt 197 ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
predecessor Supermarine Attacker ⓘ
primaryRole fighter ⓘ
propulsion jet ⓘ
range approximately 700 miles ⓘ
retired 1967 ⓘ
secondaryRole photo-reconnaissance ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 40,000 ft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane ⓘ
usedBy No. 2 Air Navigation School RAF ⓘ
No. 2 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 208 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 4 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 541 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 79 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 81 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Establishment ⓘ
usedIn Cold War ⓘ
wingType swept-wing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supermarine → notableProduct → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Joseph Smith → workedOn → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Supermarine Swift → notableVariant → Swift F.3 ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine Swift
Rolls-Royce Avon → usedIn → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Avon engine
Swift F.1 → partOfSeries → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift PR.6 → basedOn → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift PR.6 → aircraftFamily → Supermarine Swift family ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine Swift
Swift F.2 → partOfSeries → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift F.2 → developedFrom → Supermarine Swift prototype ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine Swift
Swift FR.5 → basedOn → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift FR.5 → aircraftFamily → Supermarine Swift family ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine Swift
Swift FR.5 → variantOf → Supermarine Swift fighter ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine Swift
Swift F.4 → partOfSeries → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire → usedIn → Supermarine Swift (some variants) ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine Swift
F.2 → partOfAircraftFamily → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift F.3 → partOfSeries → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift F.7 → partOfSeries → Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Swift F.7 → developedFrom → Supermarine Swift ⓘ