N476TE - 1944 Vickers/supermarine Spitfire Mark Xvi Aircraft Registration

N476TE is a 1944 Vickers/supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVI, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Weeks Kermit A in Polk City, FL. This aircraft holds a experimental airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on January 23, 1996. The registration certificate was issued on January 11, 1996. The registration is set to expire on April 30, 2029. Powered by a Packard LIBERTY engine producing 400 horsepower, N476TE is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A5D912 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N476TE was last updated on July 28, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.

The Supermarine Spitfire, Britain's legendary World War II interceptor fighter, became the only British fighter aircraft to remain in continuous production throughout the entire war. First flown in 1938, it was a single-seat, low-wing monoplane powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin inline engine, featuring distinctive elliptical wings. With a wingspan of approximately 36 feet and powered by engines ranging from 1,030 to over 2,000 horsepower in later variants, more than 20,300 Spitfires were manufactured by Supermarine and associated factories. AviatorDB tracks 9 Vickers/supermarine aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is SPIT.

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