The stirring words of Spitfire designer Reginald Mitchell have entered legend. "I'm going to build a plane that will move just like a bird... I want to build a fighter. The fastest and deadliest ...
"Don't change a thing" - this is what Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers declared after taking the Supermarine Spitfire prototype, K5054, from Eastleigh Aerodrome to the skies for the first time on 5 March ...
NASM copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Machine generated contents note: 1. Supermarine -- Origin and the Early Years -- 2.1919 -- Supermarine Meets the Challenge of Peace ...