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fuel tank within the fuselage, all of the aircraft's fuel was carried within the starboard float, which was 8 inches (20 cm) closer to the aircraft's centreline than the port float; this arrangement gave the aircraft a lower
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72:Supermarine
2639:Categories
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2282:Sea Lion I
640:References
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399:Gloster VI
392:Gloster IV
316:corrugated
250:wing roots
229:floatplane
2589:Joe Smith
2577:Designers
2570:Personnel
2521:Sea Eagle
2501:Air Yacht
2480:Stranraer
2465:Sheldrake
2460:Sea Otter
2323:Nighthawk
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854:Hall 1976
832:, p. 290.
664:, p. 186.
645:Citations
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489:Data from
450:Operators
379:One S.5,
324:laminated
312:radiators
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240:monocoque
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157:built by
78:Designer
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2373:Type 545
2353:Spitfire
2348:Spiteful
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1027:Archived
898:16 April
618:S.6/S.6A
596:See also
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332:ailerons
267:fitted.
155:seaplane
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2440:Seal II
2415:Channel
2399:B.12/36
2387:Bombers
2338:Seafire
2333:Seafang
2246:By role
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542:Airfoil
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91:7 June
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47:Role
2556:Baby
2531:Swan
2318:Baby
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