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Meikle Nick |
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Malloch's Spitfire : the story and restoration of PK350 / / Nick Meikle |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; ; Oxford, England : , : Casemate Publishers, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Spitfire (Fighter plane) - Conservation and restoration |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword by Air Marshal Mick McLaren OLM (Retired)""; ""Preface by The Malloch Family""; ""Author�s Note""; ""Glossary of Terms""; ""Abbreviations""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 29 March 1980""; ""Chapter 2 The Ultimate Spitfire""; ""Chapter 3 Royal Air Force (RAF) Service Life,1945�1951""; ""Chapter 4 Southern Rhodesian Air Force (SRAF) Service Life, 1951-1977""; ""Chapter 5 The Decision to Restore SR64""; ""Chapter 6 Captain Jack""; ""Chapter 7 JMM�s Engineers""; ""Chapter 8 Nuts and Bolts""; ""Chapter 9 The Griffon Growls Again"" |
""Chapter 10 The Other Men in Her Life""""Chapter 11 The Pursuit of a Dream""; ""Epilogue Jack�s Legacy: A Celebration ofPerfection""; ""Postscript A Final Visit""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix A Vickers Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 21Cutaway Drawing""; ""Appendix B Vickers Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22Specifications""; ""Appendix C SRAF/RRAF Spitfire Pilots""; ""Appendix D SRAF Spitfires""; ""Appendix E ATA and Affretair Engineers, 1977�1980""; ""Appendix F Notable Flights of Spitfire PK350, 1945-1982"" |
""Appendix G Flying Hours for Spitfire Mk 22 PK350/SR64 as a Restored Aircraft""""Index"" |
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This is the story of the pursuit of a dream. Spitfire PK350 is the only late-mark Spitfire, an F Mk 22, to have ever been restored to full flying status. She had no restrictions on her airframe and with four fully |
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serviceable 20mm cannons, she was as good as the day she came off the production line in July 1945 near Birmingham, England.She first flew as a restored aircraft on 29 March 1980 at the hands of one John McVicar ""Jack"" Malloch. By then a legend in his adopted country, Rhodesia, Malloch had in 1977 been entrusted by the hierarchy of the Rhodesian Air Force to restore SR64, as she wa |
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