Supermarine Type 517 Deck Landing Trial Illustrious 1950

Supermarine Type 517 Fighter Prototype

Supermarine Type 517 Fighter Prototype

Supermarine Type 517 was the Supermarine Type 510 modified with  a variable incidence tailplane. The Type 517 was further modified with a tricycle undercarriage, becoming the Type 535.

After additional development this became the Supermarine Swift.