Building the Supermarine Spitfire - Speed in the Skies

Explores the prototypes of the iconic Spitfire and the gripping Supermarine search for speed in the skies. Includes unpublished images of the Supermarines Schneider Trophy racers and Supermarine aircraft factories. Ties in with the 80th anniversary of the first flight, on 5th March 1936.

About the author

Mark A. Chambers works as a contractor for the NASA Langley Research Center and has won numerous awards for his NASA work. He is the author of Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center, as well as articles for Aviation Magazine. He lives in Newport News, Virginia.

Summary

Eighty years later that same design has come to symbolise the whole history and success of British aviation engineering since the Second World War.

Product details

• Authors: Mark A Chambers, Mark A. Chambers, Mark L. Chambers
• Publisher: The History Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780750961462
• ISBN: 978-0-7509-6146-2
• Dimensions: 227 mm x 251 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 848 g
• Illustrations: 144 Illustrations, black and white
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches