Beyond the Spitfire
The Unseen Designs of R.J. Mitchell
$64.89
- Paperback
- Release Date
22 May 2025
Summary
Was R.J. Mitchell truly a genius? Delving into the projects that remained stuck on the drawing board.
Popular history has a tendency to simplify, and accounts of the life and career of aeronautical engineer R.J. Mitchell are no exception. Remembered most fondly for his epochal Spitfire design, his other designs – many of them failures and disappointments – have largely been ignored. As a designer for Supermarine, Mitchell produced a huge body of concepts, projects and ideas that never…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803997971 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1803997974 |
| Author: | Ralph Pegram |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 22 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 916g |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 224mm |
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Ralph Pegram
Ralph Pegram spent a long career in the oil industry. Now retired, he is indulging a life-long interest in aviation history and translating many years of research and collecting into books and articles. He has published Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats: Victors, Vanquished and Visions and a three-part study into Folland’s Forgotten Monoplanes for The Aviation Historian. He is also a volunteer archivist with the Royal Aero Club Trust Collection.
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