Maybe somewhere, stashed in a drawer, or in a box of memorabilia or among ancestors' documents, is a piece of paper that might seem irrelevant to somebody who doesn't live in aviation geekdom. It's an ...

It flew sorties all through World War II, shot down a German fighter in a kill-or-be-killed dog-fight, and starred in the 1969 blockbuster movie The Battle Of Britain before being mothballed for 41 ...

Summary: Recent months have seen several tragic military aircraft incidents. An F-35 Lightning II and an F-16 Fighting Falcon both crashed in New Mexico, while a vintage Supermarine Spitfire from the ...

Piloted by Steve Boultbee-Brooks and Matt Jones—co-owners of the Boultbee Flight Academy, a Chichester, U.K.-based training school dedicated to Spitfires—the legendary British plane was discovered in ...

Ever wondered what it was like to fly in a Spitfire during the Battle of Britain? This video will give you an idea. The video below will bring you aboard a vintage Spitfire recreating classic Battle ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I’m looking at a Spitfire. At least, I’m looking at what I have been told is a Spitfire. At the moment it is a ...

As many as 140 World War II Spitfire fighter planes – three to four times the number of airworthy models known to exist – are believed to be buried in near-pristine condition in Myanmar. A ...

A vintage British Supermarine Spitfire arrives at RAF Lakenheath, England, May 7, 2018. (Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew/Air Force) LONDON—A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air ...