yepper closing out the month of June
Yes, another one out of the 12
' Spifire, the legend in the Air ', is a documentary on Amazon Prime. We were at ' RAF Northholt ' for the Battle of Britain commemoration in 2018 [ ? ]. We visited the underground site called ' the Battle of Britain bunker ' [ the Air Defense of Southern England was directed from there ]
Beverley Shenstone [ spy or mere engineer ] left Canada for an aeronautical posting in Germany in the late 1920 s or early 30 s. He managed to return to England and the Supermarine air design facility, bringing a treatise on aeronautical design by Prandtl. In essence, Shenstone brought the wing shape for the Spitfire.
"" While in Germany, Shenstone travelled to Heidelberg and met Ludwig Prandtl, who was a pioneer in the application of systematic mathematical analyses to aerodynamics. It was also at the Wasserkuppe that he met Air Commodore John Adrian Chamier and acted as his translator. Chamier suggested that Shenstone should come to work for the British at Vickers-Armstrongs of which Chamier was a director.[13]
To find work, he moved to England in May 1931. Geoffrey Hill tried to get him a job at Westland but there was nothing suitable. He was interviewed by Sidney Camm but due to a misunderstanding walked out of the interview.[14] Through Chamier he got an interview in 1932 with Reginald Mitchell at Supermarine (which was part of Vickers-Armstrong). While disappointed with Shenstone's knowledge of monoplane-wing construction, Mitchell was impressed by his expertise in aerodynamic theory and gave him a full-time position at £500 per annum following a two-month trial.[15][16] ""
source, Wikipedia
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