Spitfire

Military Aviation News November 30, 2016

RAF Amputee ‘Reaches for the Sky’

A Royal Air Force airman who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident has become the first amputee to fly solo in a Spitfire since…

General Aviation News January 15, 2014

Spitfire lands at the Bahrain International Air Show

Along with the RAF Museum, we will be showcasing an iconic, World War II era Spitfire at the Bahrain International Airshow which began today (16…

General Aviation News October 24, 2013

Great short documentary about US WWII pilot seeing his crash landings footage in 1944 for the first time.

In 2005, an 83 year-old World War II pilot is surprised to see 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash for the first…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News January 21, 2013

Spitfire TE311 Flies Again

Some 58 years after it last flew, TE311 will be back in the air for the start of the RAF Battle of Britian Memorial Flight…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News October 18, 2012

Myanmar find could flood vintage Spitfire market

As many as 140 World War II Spitfire fighter planes – three to four times the number of airworthy models known to exist – are…

General Aviation News May 29, 2010

70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain

This year commemorates the 70thAnniversary of the Battle of Britain. To recognise this significant anniversary, a Mark IV Supermarine Spitfire, owned by the Imperial War…

General Aviation News December 4, 2009

Spitfire crash landing near Auckland, New Zealand

The owner and pilot of a World War II Spitfire has walked away unhurt after crash landing near Auckland, plane has some damaged. The pilot…