I've never been lucky enough to see one of their kits before, so I was knocked out by the care which had gone into preparing it for the tender mercies of the international post, protected by cut-to-size sections of expanded polystyrene in a sturdy package. The kitSilver Wings' Supermarine Seagull impresses from the word go. In Australian service, the aircraft carried out a number of photographic reconnaissance surveys over Papua, Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. ![]() III and 6 were supplied to the Royal Australian Air Force, with one other for Japan.Īlthough the numbers produced were small, the Seagull served usefully as a fleet spotter with a crew of 3, and was the first British aircraft to be catapulted. A tropicalised version followed in 1925 as the Mk. The prototype was modified from the earlier Seal, and production began a year later with 25 Seagull Mk. ![]() The Supermarine Seagull amphibian was first built in 1921.
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