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Beyond the Spitfire: The Unseen Designs of R.J. Mitchell
Ralph Pegram
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Description for Beyond the Spitfire: The Unseen Designs of R.J. Mitchell
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 165 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Popular history has a tendency to simplify, and accounts of the life and career of aeronautical engineer R.J. Mitchell are no exception. Remembered most fondly for his epochal Spitfire design, his other designs - many of them failures and disappointments - have largely been ignored. As a designer for Supermarine, Mitchell produced a huge body of concepts, projects and ideas that never left the drawing board. In Beyond the Spitfire Ralph Pegram brings Mitchell's previously unseen work to light in an attempt to evaluate the entire portfolio of one of Britain's most talented aeronautical designers. ... Read more
Popular history has a tendency to simplify, and accounts of the life and career of aeronautical engineer R.J. Mitchell are no exception. Remembered most fondly for his epochal Spitfire design, his other designs - many of them failures and disappointments - have largely been ignored. As a designer for Supermarine, Mitchell produced a huge body of concepts, projects and ideas that never left the drawing board. In Beyond the Spitfire Ralph Pegram brings Mitchell's previously unseen work to light in an attempt to evaluate the entire portfolio of one of Britain's most talented aeronautical designers. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750965156
SKU
V9780750965156
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About Ralph Pegram
Ralph Pegram is the author of Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats.
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