Ask any small boy today “What is a Spitfire?” and the likely response will be “It’s a fighter aircraft that flew in World War Two!” Even today, the evocative sight and sound of a Spitfire flying overhead with its distinctive elliptical shaped wings and the roar of its Rolls Royce Merlin engine, is still a reassuring sight as it was back then all those years ago when England was fighting for her very survival.
As a small boy Clive Du Cros became fascinated with this legend as well and made it his childhood ambition to build and fly his very own Spitfire. The story within these pages is the fascinating account of not only one man’s determination to build and fly his very own Spitfire, but how he had to change his life in order to accommodate the building of it, with all the associated and humorous problems that only a project of this magnitude can be beset with!
Birth of a Spitfire is a great tale of Clive fulfilling his lifelong dream and is a must read for anyone who enjoys a very interesting and funny book.
As a small boy Clive Du Cros became fascinated with this legend as well and made it his childhood ambition to build and fly his very own Spitfire. The story within these pages is the fascinating account of not only one man’s determination to build and fly his very own Spitfire, but how he had to change his life in order to accommodate the building of it, with all the associated and humorous problems that only a project of this magnitude can be beset with!
Birth of a Spitfire is a great tale of Clive fulfilling his lifelong dream and is a must read for anyone who enjoys a very interesting and funny book.
