The Hurricane Mark II was powered by a Merlin XX and had the wing center sections strengthened. The improved Merlin XX engine appeared in 1940 featuring a new two-speed supercharger that could have its impeller speed changed by the pilot [...]
By the end of November, 1950, the Navy knew that its main fleet fighter, the Grumman F9F-2 Panther, was seriously outclassed by the opposition. LCDR William T. Ament of VF-112 had shot down the first MiG-15 confirmed by the Soviet records [...]
The Airplane:
As the premier provider of aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm since the introduction of the Flycatcher and the IIIF in the 1920s, Fairey Aviation tried twice to produce a replacement for their Swordfish [...]