I recently bought by Amazon two great books about the Spitfire AC.
They are:
1) Spitfire "A Test Pilotīs Story" by Jeffry Quill
2) Sigh for a Merlin "Testing the Spitfire" by Alex Henshaw
Those who like the Spitfire canīt miss them, but I highly recomend the two books for everyone interested in aircrafts and WW2.
Excellent reading
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Posted: Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 02:31 AM UTC
Darson
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Posted: Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 02:38 AM UTC
Thanks for the heads up Carlos, I may just have to check those out.
Cheers
Cheers
Brigandine
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Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 02:18 AM UTC
Excellent books both; great insights into why the Spitfire was still capable of being a potent aircraft right throughout the war.
Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 07:33 AM UTC
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I recently bought by Amazon two great books about the Spitfire AC.
They are:
1) Spitfire "A Test Pilotīs Story" by Jeffry Quill
2) Sigh for a Merlin "Testing the Spitfire" by Alex Henshaw
Those who like the Spitfire canīt miss them, but I highly recomend the two books for everyone interested in aircrafts and WW2.
Excellent reading
Hi Carlos!
Thanks for the heads up! Why don't you write a review about those books for Aeroscale?
Jean-Luc
Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 07:35 PM UTC
Jeffery Quills book is an excellent read and a fascinating insight into the development of the Spitfire over the years.
2 parts I found partcularly interesting were the sections telling of his time in a front line fighter squadron to evaluate the Spitfire under combat conditions and the planned raid to capture and fly back to England an Fw190!
Nige
2 parts I found partcularly interesting were the sections telling of his time in a front line fighter squadron to evaluate the Spitfire under combat conditions and the planned raid to capture and fly back to England an Fw190!
Nige