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From Nighthawk to Spitfire
Door John K. Shelton
| Categorie | Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart |
|---|---|
| Boeknummer | #214788 |
| Titel | From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J.Mitchell |
| Auteur | Shelton, John K. |
| Boektype | Paperback |
| Uitgeverij | The History Press |
| Jaar van uitgave | 2015 |
| ISBN10 | 0750962224 |
| ISBN13 | 9780750962223 |
| Taal | Engels |
| Samenvatting | R. J. Mitchell was virtually self-taught; surprisingly, almost all his other aircraft 24 aircraft were slow-flying seaplanes. How a lad from the land-locked Midlands, apprenticed to a locomotive works, came to be responsible for the Spitfire is a great tale in itself. This detailed book tells us how Mitchell learned his trade – from 1916, contributing to the production of the cumbersome Nighthawk, designed to combat the German Zepplin threat, and gradually coming to produce record-breaking racing floatplanes which in 1931 won outright the prestigious international Schneider Trophy. Mitchell was thus well placed to design a high speed aircraft when war began to threaten, but Dr Shelton reveals the production of the famous fighter was by no means a certainty and how, indeed, its vital contribution to winning the Battle of Britain was "a very close run thing'. |
| Pagina's | 207 |
| Conditie | Nieuw |
| Prijs | € 10,00 |
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