{"product_id":"from-nighthawk-to-spitfire-the-aircraft-of-r-j-mitchell","title":"From Nighthawk to Spitfire: The Aircraft of R.J. Mitchell","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Interesting study of this designers aircraft featuring not only the well known types such as the Schneider trophy entrants and the Spitfire series but also such obscure aircraft as the Nighthawk\",\u003cbr\u003e-A customer on Amazon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eR.J. Mitchell was virtually self-taught and almost all his aircraft were slow-flying seaplanes. The story of how this man from the land-locked Midlands, apprenticed to a locomotive works, became responsible for the Spitfire is a great tale in itself.\u003cbr\u003eThis detailed book tells us how Mitchell learned his trade – contributing to the production of the cumbersome Nighthawk (designed to combat the German Zeppelin threat) and gradually coming to produce record-breaking racing floatplanes that won outright the prestigious international Schneider Trophy.\u003cbr\u003eMitchell was thus well placed to design a high-speed aircraft when war was imminent; however, as John K. Shelton reveals, the production of the famous fighter was by no means a certainty and its vital contribution to winning the Battle of Britain was ‘a very close run thing’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57497730875737,"sku":"BOX B sp","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/6021\/files\/9780750962223.jpg?v=1773058029","url":"https:\/\/www.quaybooksstore.com\/products\/from-nighthawk-to-spitfire-the-aircraft-of-r-j-mitchell","provider":"Quay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}