Beyond the Spitfire

<p><strong>Popular history has a tendency to simplify, and accounts of the life and career of aeronautical engineer R.J. Mitchell are no exception.</strong> Remembered most fondly for his epochal Spitfire design, his other designs – many of them failures and disappointments – have largely been ignored.</p><p>As a designer for Supermarine, Mitchell produced a huge body of concepts, projects and ideas that never left the drawing board. In <em>Beyond the Spitfire</em> Ralph Pegram brings Mitchell’s previously unseen work to light in an attempt to evaluate the entire portfolio of one of Britain’s most talented aeronautical designers.</p><p>Illustrated with a combination of layout drawings and impressive CGI renderings of Mitchell’s designs, this book is an insightful and indispensable addition to our understanding of the work of a man often called a genius.</p>