R J Mitchell and Supermarine
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Problems with Early Seafires.
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Seafire on H.M.S. Unicorn I mentioned in my blog of 12.8.17 ( Spitfires to Malta ) the improvisation necessary to get the requ...
Monday, 14 August 2017
R.J. Mitchell: Steam Revisited
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Locomotive No.6 at Calshot, 1921 -1945 In my recent book I wrote that Mitchell’s Type 224 design was powered by a Rolls-Royce Goshawk ...
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Saturday, 12 August 2017
Spitfires for Malta
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HMS Eagle In my recent book I wrote that the reputation of Mitchell’s fighter was further enhanced by the eventual lifting of the si...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
R. J. Mitchell – no Flash in the Pan
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The slightest reflection would suggest that the design of the Spitfire had been preceded by considerable experience o...
Monday, 27 March 2017
R .J. Mitchell’s Early Modifications (1919 to 1921).
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Whilst Mitchell was busy with his first medium-sized, slow-flying designs (the Commercial Amphibian and, later, the Seal...
What Was R. J. Mitchell’s First Design?
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Early evidence of Mitchell’s design work is his contribution to the P.B.31E Nighthawk of 1916. He was, no doubt, also involved with Ch...
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