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Sigh for a Merlin: Testing the Spitfire

Hardcover – January 1, 1979
by Henshaw, Alex
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ISBN-13: 9780719535758 ISBN-10: 0719535751
Publisher
J. Murrary
Binding
Hardcover
Published
January 1, 1979
Weight
0.9 lbs
Dimensions
0.00×0.00×0.00 cm

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Sigh for a Merlin: Testing the Spitfire by Henshaw, Alex. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780719535758.

Alex Henshaw spent the early days of World War II at Eastleigh, England, testing the immortal Spitfire fighter with Jeffrey Quill before being appointed Chief Test Pilot at Supermarines new factory in Castle Bromwich. Thousands of Spitfires were tested and manufactured at this site throughout the war, by the end of which 37,000 test flights had been made with Alex Henshaw flying an estimated ten percent of all Spitfires ever built. Often landing without aids of any kind, his breathtaking aerobatic style and complete mastery of the aircraft were to save his life on several occasions.