How Miss Shilling’s Orifice Helped Win the War
by James Holloway from Damn Interesting on (#58YJM)
How Miss Shilling's Orifice Helped Win the War:
The Supermarine Spitfire is nearly synonymous with Britain in World War II. It was a superb fighter plane, beloved of its pilots for its speed and agility, and by the British public as a bona fide national icon and war winner. That status was in no small part thanks to its elegant elliptical wings and [...]