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Hardcover • 2012 • English

Spitfire

By David Cornock

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About the book

The ancestry of the Spitfire can be traced back to the failed Supermarine Type 224, designed to meet the Air Ministry specification F.7/30 by Reginald J. Mitchell, creator of the magnificent Supermarine seaplanes which won three successive Schneider Trophy contests. The Type 224 was a gull-winged monoplane with a fixed "trousered" undercarriage, powered by a 600-h.p. Rolls-Royce engine, and Mitchell was dissatisfied with it even before it flew. He began to design a new aircraft as a private vent...Show more

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ISBN

9780857802507

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Spitfire

Format

Hardcover

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