one of my big love in this world be the spitfire fighter aeroplane . a wonder of aviation and an engineering masterpiece and it speed and versatility and ( not to mention the brave boy who fly them ) be the sole reason why britain remain in the fight and fought of the foul invasion force throughout the dark day of 1940. although now old and obsolete and no other aeroplane have as much right or privilege to fly over our green and pleasant land . here the spitfire be give top billing in a biopic of it creator r. j. mitchell . the great leslie howard play the genius designer and in what be to be his last appearance before the camera . mitchell be an aircraft designer of noted repute have invent several of the supermarine seaplane which secure the schneider trophy for britain throughout the 1920 and 1930 . he be one of the few people in britain to have hear the snarl and threat of nazi germany and be an open campaigner for rearmament and a policy not at all popular with the british government of the time . yet despite opposition he fight against not only the bureaucrat but a serious and life threaten illness to design and build and what have be regard since a the great fighter aircraft of all time and in preparation for a war he know be come and a crisis the rest of britain chose to ignore . david niven play geoffrey crisp and mitchell friend and test pilot and who affable and likable performance be hamper slightly from the fact that his character be completely fictional . geoffrey crisp and whoever he be and be never a schneider trophy winner for britain . the true fact for anyone interested be that h. c. biard win the title for u in 1922 and follow by s. n. webster and h. r. d. waghorn and j. n. boothman in 1927 and 1929 and 1931 respectively and the last three fly mitchell spitfire forerunner the supermarine s5 and s6 and s6b . also geoffrey crisp be not the test pilot of the very first spitfire . that high honour go to joseph mutt summer and who take off from eastliegh airport on 5th march 1936. summer become the chief test pilot for vickers and be also the man who drop the very first life size prototype of the bouncing bomb over chesil beach and weymouth in 1943. this be a great movie and and one which make all englishman grateful and proud and but with all historic base movie story and there be always something that have be change and omit or hush up and especially in a film make during the war at the height of it keep mum propaganda battle . enjoy it like i do and but if there be any r. a. f or aviation buff out there and would like to know more about the spitfire and it history and the glory of the air race day of the 20 and 30 or just more factual information about the great man himself and then i suggest you visit www . rjmitchell spitfire . co. uk .