Supermarine Aircraft
I've long been wondering about just how good, as a company, Supermarine were.
They start with the Nighthawk, which it's tempting to call a contraption, but it was very early days, and you can see the reasoning behind the features, even if it didn't work out. Then there's a series of hand-knitted biplane flying boats, which seem to have been moderately successful, but not outstanding.
The Spiteful didn't really do much (IIRC, the limiting Mach number was lower than the Spitfire), the Attacker seems to have been a moderately successful interim aeroplane. Then there's the Swift, and the Scimitar, which doesn't get much love either.
So, apart from the obvious, their greatest hit appears to have been the Walrus. The first attempt at a fighter got beaten in competitive trials by the Gladiator. To an ignorant outsider like me, the Schneider Trophy seaplanes and the Spitfire look as though alien DNA got into the family, just once.
Am I missing something here? Is there any kind of explanation?