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Admiral Beez
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The recon mission seems ideal for the existing Skua and Swordfish. Why compromise on your fleet fighter by adding a recon/observer role, when from 1938 on you have the Skua? The Skua already has competitive cruise speed and range - the Fulmar doesn't add much to the recon/observer role, and certainly not enough to justify the reduced fighter capability.Some accounts say that it was the Admiralty that requested the recon mission and endurance and it was not foisted onto the Admiralty by the Air Ministry.
Blackburn Skua - Wikipedia
- Cruise speed: 187 mph (301 km/h, 162 kn)
- Range: 760 mi (1,220 km, 660 nmi)
- Cruise speed: 235 mph (378 km/h, 204 kn)
- Range: 780 mi (1,260 km, 680 nmi)
- Cruise speed: 138 mph (222 km/h, 120 kn)
- Range: 1,298 mi, (2,089 km, 1,128 nmi)
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