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Sigh for a Merlin: Testing the Spitfire
by Henshaw, Alex
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0947554831
- ISBN 13
- 9780947554835
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Manchester, England: Crecy Publishing Limited, 1999. 8vo size paperback; 240 pages with some black and white photographs; photo illustrated covers. From back: "The enthralling account of (the author's) life with the Spitfire. In the early days of the second World War he tested the immortal fighter with Jeffrey Quill at Eastleigh. Then, in 1940, he was appointed Chief Test Pilot at Supermarine's new factory at Castle Bromwich. Spitfires were tested and manufactured at this site... the author flew an estimated 10% of all Spitfires ever built... He developed a breathtaking acrobatic style and displayed a complete mastery of the aircraft that was to save his life on several occasions." Wear and edgewear to covers, bumped top corner of covers and pages, sticker over ISBN on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004276
- Title
- Sigh for a Merlin: Testing the Spitfire
- Author
- Henshaw, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0947554831
- ISBN 13
- 9780947554835
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing Limited
- Place of Publication
- Manchester, England
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- spitfire; aviation; aeroplanes; British aviation; World War II; planes; testing; Merlin;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
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