{"id":6220,"date":"2023-10-13T20:50:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T20:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/how-the-spitfire-became-a-national-icon-inside-the-spitfire-factory\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T20:50:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T20:50:43","slug":"how-the-spitfire-became-a-national-icon-inside-the-spitfire-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/how-the-spitfire-became-a-national-icon-inside-the-spitfire-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Spitfire Became A National Icon | Inside The Spitfire Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden away in a little-known workshop at one of Britain&#8217;s most important wartime airbases, a team of dedicated engineers and <!--more--> enthusiasts are working round the clock to bring a national icon back to life. Over the course of a year and \u00a32 million at stake, there&#8217;s no room for error as Peter Monk and his engineers try to turn a 1943 Mark IX Spitfire from rusty remains into the flying legend. This is the Spitfire Factory.<\/p>\n<p>The Spitfire Factory&#8217;s engineers get to work on the Spitfire&#8217;s fuselage. As they rivet, bolt and hammer the 60-year-old parts back into shape, Peter hits the road to track down key components he&#8217;ll need for the restoration. The Spitfire Factory also receives a visit from a veteran who may have a very special connection to Peter&#8217;s prize project&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u25baSubscribe \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/wpc2Q1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/wpc2Q1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden away in a little-known workshop at one of Britain&#8217;s most important wartime airbases, a team of dedicated engineers and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}