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

Shelton, John K

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ISBN 10: 0750962224 ISBN 13: 9780750962223

Casa editrice: The History Press, 2015

Riassunto

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 Night Hawk, designed to combat the German Zeppelin 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."

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Informazioni sull?autore

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 wroteSchneider Trophy to Spitfire: the Design Career of R.J. Mitchell.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The History Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0750962224
• ISBN 13: 9780750962223
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile