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From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell
John Shelton
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Description for From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 90 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
R.J. Mitchell was virtually self-taught and almost all his aircraft were slow-flying seaplanes. The story of how this man from the land-locked Midlands, apprenticed to a locomotive works, became responsible for the Spitfire is a great tale in itself. This detailed book tells us how Mitchell learned his trade - contributing to the production of the cumbersome Nighthawk (designed to combat the German Zeppelin threat) and gradually coming to produce record-breaking racing floatplanes that won outright the prestigious international Schneider Trophy. Mitchell was thus well placed to design a high-speed aircraft when war was ... Read more
R.J. Mitchell was virtually self-taught and almost all his aircraft were slow-flying seaplanes. The story of how this man from the land-locked Midlands, apprenticed to a locomotive works, became responsible for the Spitfire is a great tale in itself. This detailed book tells us how Mitchell learned his trade - contributing to the production of the cumbersome Nighthawk (designed to combat the German Zeppelin threat) and gradually coming to produce record-breaking racing floatplanes that won outright the prestigious international Schneider Trophy. Mitchell was thus well placed to design a high-speed aircraft when war was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750962223
SKU
V9780750962223
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Ref
99-10
About John Shelton
John Sheltonwas head of humanities at Staffordshire University and taught courses which included industrial archeology. He produced display material on Mitchell and his aircraft for the Stoke-on-Trent Museum Spitfire Room and wrote Schneider Trophy to Spitfire: the Design Career of R.J. Mitchell.
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