Astronomy Universe · John Marcano
The Spitfire's V12 Engine: How It Became a Sky Monster
·46 min·4 clips
A 96-year-old pilot finds his logbook entry for the very Spitfire being rebuilt in the hangar.
As heard by us
A Spitfire restoration story that turns wartime engineering into a living, methodical build.
The episode follows a small team at a British wartime airfield over nine months as they bring a Spitfire back to life with the same plans, tools, and methods used by its 1940s builders.
Why you'd press play
Press play if you want rivets, wartime memory, and a Spitfire rebuilt bolt by bolt.
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