Approach
Title | Approach PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
ISBN |
The naval aviation safety review.
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, Aeronautics and Space
Title | Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, Aeronautics and Space PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Government Printing Office |
Pages | 1086 |
Release | 2011-04-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780160875571 |
Malloch's Spitfire
Title | Malloch's Spitfire PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Meikle |
Publisher | Casemate |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2014-04-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612002528 |
This 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 was then known. In two and half years, Jack Malloch and his trusted engineers, with critical help from the Rhodesian and South African air forces, completely restored SR64 to flying condition. The fact that she was fitted with a propeller made by a German company added a sweet irony to a project that had to contend with sanctions imposed by Britain, the original country of manufacture, and highlighted the enterprising spirit of the team. This was possible because Malloch, with the backing of the Rhodesian government, had built up a successful charter airfreight company that assumed different guises, depending on where it was operating, to bypass sanctions. Malloch's network thus facilitated his quest to restore and once again fly a Spitfire such as he had flown in the RAF during the Second World War. Some fascinating insights are revealed in this account. From the test pilot who first flew her as PK350 on 25 July 1945, the reader is taken on a journey through the aircraft's complete life, with the project's lead engineer and most of the surviving pilots who flew her gracing the story with their memories. For two years PK350 delighted those fortunate enough to see her fly, mostly around Salisbury (Harare) airport. Then, on what was planned to be its last flight, Malloch's Spitfire never returned to base.
Code of Federal Regulations
Title | Code of Federal Regulations PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1128 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Administrative law |
ISBN |
Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.
Car Builders' Dictionary
Title | Car Builders' Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1358 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Railroad cars |
ISBN |
Definitions and typical illustrations of railroads and industrial cars, their parts and equipment; cars built in America for export to foreign countries; descriptions and illustrations of shops and equipment employed in the construction and repair of cars.
Naval Aviation News
Title | Naval Aviation News PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 506 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Aeronautics, Military |
ISBN |
Hearings
Title | Hearings PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2660 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | |
ISBN |