If everything is done correctly, the Spitfire is one of the easiest aircraft to start. The engine usually fires within two blades and runs like a clock. While the Merlin-engine versions run very ...

The Supermarine Spitfire is arguably the most accomplished, and most celebrated, British aircraft ever produced. Largely ...

A flight commemorating the Battle of Britain is set to top the bill at a seaside town's famous airshow this summer. Taking to ...

O n this day in aviation history, March 5, 1936, the legendary Supermarine Spitfire took to the skies for the first time. The Spitfire quickly became one of the most iconic aircraft of all time ...

This Spitfire had it all. It was a Mark Vc, the distillation of everything the Royal Air Force had learned in the desperate days of the Battle of Britain. "This is the gold standard," Martin ...

The Supermarine Spitfire Mark I was an elegant and agile ... and over the summer hundreds of Spitfires were shipped in by aircraft carriers. These improved Spitfire Mark Vs had a top speed of ...

They said the Supermarine Spitfire was "critical" in defeating ... a Labour councillor. The aircraft are flown by RAF crew to keep them in good condition while paying tribute to those who have ...