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Title:

BEYOND THE SPITFIRE
THE UNSEEN DESIGNS OF R.J. MITCHELL

By:

Ralph Pegram

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0750965150

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9780750965156

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Publisher:

THE HISTORY PRESS LTD

Pub. date:

2 May, 2016

Pages:

240

Description:

Remembered most fondly for his epochal Spitfire design, his other designs - many of them failures and disappointments - have largely been ignored. In Beyond the Spitfire Ralph Pegram brings Mitchell's previously unseen work to light in an attempt to evaluate the entire portfolio of one of Britain's most talented aeronautical designers.

Synopsis:

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 left the drawing board. In Beyond the Spitfire Ralph Pegram brings Mitchell's previously unseen work to light in an attempt to evaluate the entire portfolio of one of Britain's most talented aeronautical designers.Illustrated with a combination of layout drawings and impressive CGI renderings of Mitchell's designs, this book is an insightful and indispensable addition to our understanding of the work of a man often called a genius.

Illustrations:

8 Plates, color; 165 Illustrations, black and white

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The History Press Ltd

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