From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell by Shelton, K.

From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780750962223)

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From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell by Shelton, K.

From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell

$32.95
From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell by Shelton, K.

From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell

$32.95
Format: Paperback
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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 imminent; however, as John K. Shelton reveals, the production of the famous fighter was by no means a certainty and its vital contribution to winning the Battle of Britain was 'a very close run thing'.

Author: K. Shelton
ISBN-10: 0750962224
ISBN-13: 9780750962223
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2015
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60d
By K. Shelton
By K. Shelton
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John Shelton was 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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