Building the Supermarine Spitfire

Speed in the Skies

Mark A. Chambers (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2016
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6146-2 (ISBN)

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On 5 March 1936 Spitfire-prototype K5054 took to the air on its first flight. Eighty years later that same design has come to symbolise the whole history and success of British aviation engineering since the Second World War. Building the Supermarine Spitfire reconstructs this most iconic of aeroplanes through the story of its design, prototyping and construction, as well as the factories, testers and trainers involved in making one of the most remarkable fighter aircraft in history. Featuring a host of previously unpublished photographs, as well as important technical and historical information about the aircraft’s development, this book is a testament to the Spitfire’s enduring legacy and a tribute to the courageous pilots that flew this aerial legend.

MARK A. CHAMBERS is an avid WW2 enthusiast and a technical writer and editor who has worked as a contractor for the NASA Langley Research Center and won a number of awards for his work. He has previously written Building the Supermarine Spitfire and The SR-71 Blackbird Story and McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom for The History Press, as well as texts for NASA Langley Research Center, and articles for Aviation Magazine. He lives in Virginia USA.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.2.2016
Zusatzinfo	144 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	248 x 226 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	0-7509-6146-5 / 0750961465
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-6146-2 / 9780750961462
Zustand	Neuware