Bugün öğrendim ki: Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra güçlü bir Hava Kuvvetlerine duyulan ihtiyacı fark eden İngiliz hayırsever Lady Lucy Houston'dan... İngiliz hükümeti reddettiğinde, Spitfire haline gelen şeyin geliştirilmesini finanse etti. İkinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan önce öldü ve bu yatırımın ne kadar işe yaradığını asla görmedi.
British philanthropist, political activist and suffragette **Dame Fanny Lucy Houston, Lady Houston** [DBE](/wiki/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire") ([née](/wiki/Née "Née" ) **Radmall** ; 8 April 1857 – 29 December 1936) was a British [philanthropist](/wiki/Philanthropist "Philanthropist"), political activist and [suffragette](/wiki/Suffragette "Suffragette").[1] Beginning in 1933, she published the _[Saturday Review](/wiki/Saturday_Review_\(London_newspaper\) "Saturday Review \(London newspaper\)")_ ,[1] which was best known for its attacks on what the paper labeled the "unpatriotic" [National Governments](/wiki/National_Government_\(United_Kingdom\) "National Government \(United Kingdom\)") of [Ramsay MacDonald](/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald "Ramsay MacDonald") and [Stanley Baldwin]( /wiki/Stanley_Baldwin "Stanley Baldwin"). She has been acknowledged as an [aviation pioneer](/wiki/Aviation_pioneer "Aviation pioneer") and "the savior of the [Spitfire](/wiki/Spitfire "Spitfire")" because of her support for its predecessor, the Supermarine seaplane .[2nd]