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Malloch's Spitfire: The Story and Rest..., Meikle, Nick
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- Title
- Malloch's Spitfire: The Story and Restoration of PK350
- Book Title
- Malloch's Spitfire: The Story and Restoration of PK350
- ISBN
- 1612002528
- EAN
- 9781612002521
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Date of Publication
- 20140715
- Release Title
- Malloch's Spitfire: The Story and Restoration of PK350
- Artist
- Meikle, Nick
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
- N/A
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Malloch's Spitfire: the Story and Restoration of Pk350
- Item Height
- 229 mm
- Publisher
- Case Mate Publishers
- Subject
- Government
- Item Width
- 152 mm
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Product Information
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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Case Mate Publishers
ISBN-13
9781612002521
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212987799
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Government
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Malloch's Spitfire: the Story and Restoration of Pk350
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
229 mm
Item Width
152 mm
Additional Product Features
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United States
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- FR 27823676960
- GB 922696893
- IT 00185819992
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