The famous British Supermarine Spitfire used various propellers during its early service. Rotol Airscrews, Ltd was formed in 1937 as a joint venture of Rolls-Royce and Bristol. The name, a combination ...
A handful of British Spitfire pilots cheated death in high-speed dives that helped pave the way towards supersonic flight. On 14 October 1947, US test pilot Chuck Yeager did what many thought was ...