LEADER 03362nam 2200529 450 001 9910787092203321 005 20230803204503.0 010 $a1-61200-253-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000225208 035 $a(EBL)1773522 035 $a(OCoLC)889675617 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001374520 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11746084 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001374520 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11326341 035 $a(PQKB)10685027 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1773522 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000225208 100 $a20140904h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMalloch's Spitfire $ethe story and restoration of PK350 /$fNick Meikle 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania ;$aOxford, England :$cCasemate Publishers,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61200-252-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword by Air Marshal Mick McLaren OLM (Retired)""; ""Preface by The Malloch Family""; ""Authora???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,1945a???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 JMMa???s Engineers""; ""Chapter 8 Nuts and Bolts""; ""Chapter 9 The Griffon Growls Again"" 327 $a""Chapter 10 The Other Men in Her Life""""Chapter 11 The Pursuit of a Dream""; ""Epilogue Jacka???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, 1977a???1980""; ""Appendix F Notable Flights of Spitfire PK350, 1945-1982"" 327 $a""Appendix G Flying Hours for Spitfire Mk 22 PK350/SR64 as a Restored Aircraft""""Index"" 330 $aThis 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 606 $aSpitfire (Fighter plane)$xConservation and restoration 615 0$aSpitfire (Fighter plane)$xConservation and restoration. 676 $a358.4/3 676 $a623.7464 700 $aMeikle$b Nick$01555514 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787092203321 996 $aMalloch's Spitfire$93817477 997 $aUNINA