1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392192903316

Autore

Lockier Robert <d. 1649.>

Titolo

The Army's martyr: or A faithful relation of the barbarous and illegall proceedings of the court-martiall at White-Hall upon Mr. Robert Lockier [[electronic resource] ] : vvith his Christian carriage and deportment, and his dying speech to all his fellow-soulders [sic] at the time of his execution, as an ever-lasting witnesse of the integrity to the rights and freedoms of the Common-Wealth. Who was shot to death in Paul's Church-yard, upon the 27 of April, 1649. With a petition of divers well-affected persons presented to the general in his behalf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Printed at London, : [s.n.], in the yeer, 1649

Descrizione fisica

8 p

Soggetti

Trials (Military offenses) - England

Great Britain History Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 30".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813396403321

Autore

Meikle Nick

Titolo

Malloch's Spitfire : the story and restoration of PK350 / / Nick Meikle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; ; Oxford, England : , : Casemate Publishers, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61200-253-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

358.4/3

623.7464

Soggetti

Spitfire (Fighter plane) - Conservation and restoration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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



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