How to Build a Spitfire (David Price)

Bloomsbury presents How To Build a Spitfire by David Price, read by Greg Wagland. A unique homage to the fighter aircraft that won the Battle of Britain, marrying the story of how the author built a replica Spitfire in his garden with the plane's operational history. In April 2018 David Price, dedicated aviation museum volunteer and author of THE CREW and MOSQUITO MEN, decided to build a Spitfire replica in his back garden.

Author:: David Price
Narrator:: Greg Wagland
Content:: Unabridged (chapter list)
Length:: 9:37 h
Format:: MP3 download (431 MB)
Language:: English
Publisher:: Apollo (2025)
Genre:: History
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01 - 001 How to Build a Spitfire Opening credits	0:11	1 MB
02 - 002 Dedication	0:11	1 MB
03 - 003 Introduction	7:38	5 MB
04 - 004 Prologue The Birth of a Legend	27:51	20 MB
05 - 005 1 Inspiration and Chocolate Cake	47:14	34 MB
06 - 006 2 Origins	53:55	39 MB
07 - 007 3 The Tent	37:38	28 MB
08 - 008 4 The Knight in Blue	43:11	32 MB
09 - 009 5 On a Wing and a Prayer	39:09	29 MB
10 - 010 6 The Phoenix from the Ashes	66:05	50 MB
11 - 011 7 Growing Pains	43:28	32 MB
12 - 012 8 The Road to the Marvellous Mark IX	40:45	31 MB
13 - 013 9 The Spitfire Unveiled	38:59	29 MB
14 - 014 10 A Flying Tiger	45:19	34 MB
15 - 015 11 Fame and First Flight	32:30	23 MB
16 - 016 12 Friends, Foes and Love Letters	37:11	27 MB
17 - 017 Epilogue	12:41	9 MB
18 - 018 Acknowledgements	2:17	1 MB
19 - 019 How to Build a Spitfire Closing credits	0:43	1 MB

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Summary

Bloomsbury presents How To Build a Spitfire by David Price, read by Greg Wagland.

A unique homage to the fighter aircraft that won the Battle of Britain, marrying the story of how the author built a replica Spitfire in his garden with the plane's operational history.
In April 2018 David Price, dedicated aviation museum volunteer and author of THE CREW and MOSQUITO MEN, decided to build a Spitfire replica in his back garden. In How to Build a Spitfire he juxtaposes the story of the ups and down of his own ambitious project to recreate an icon of British aviation with a narrative of the development of the Spitfire itself, focusing in particular on the construction and production of the aircraft and its various component parts (including the Merlin engine), amplified by the testimonies of some of those who worked in the Supermarine factory in Southampton and in other Spitfire production facilities.
Bringing together the sometimes light-hearted tale of a personal quest, enthusiastically pursued, with an accessible but authoritative account of the technical workings of a war-winning weapon, and the stories of some of the men who flew it, How to Build a Spitfire is a distinctive and affectionate homage to an enduring symbol of British engineering genius and national resilience.
© 2025 David Price

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