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Secret Spitfire engineer Norman Parker dies
BBC via AOL· 3 weeks agoNorman Parker worked throughout the war repairing crashed Wellington bombers and Spitfires [Handout] A World War Two engineer who secretly helped to...
Pilot dies after replica Spitfire crashes into a field
The Independent UK via AOL· 9 months agoA pilot has died after a replica Spitfire crashed into a field in Oxfordshire. Police and paramedics...
Historic cars — and a WWII Spitfire fighter plane — go up for auction
Autoblog via Yahoo News· 9 months agoBonhams is auctioning vintage collectors’ machinery, topped by a 1983 Lancia Rally “Evoluzione," a...
This Working Lego Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine Would Make the Allies Proud
THE DRIVE via Yahoo News· 6 months agoRonald Tewes | Beyond the Brick Without question, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is one of the...
Canadian invasion! Vintage Wings of Canada will showcase World War II-era planes at AirVenture
The Northwestern via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOSHKOSH ― It’s a Canadian invasion! The neighbors from the north will certainly make their presence...
102-year-old British veteran flies a Spitfire on a delightfully bumpy ride for charity
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA former Royal Air Forces pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old. Jack...
WWII fighter plane damaged in Deer Park crash on Friday; no injuries reported
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 7—A plane flown in World War II and exhibited in a Spokane museum crashed Friday morning at the Deer Park Airport. The pilot, John Sessions, was uninjured in the crash and the only person ...
Ilkeston: UK's oldest WW2 veteran honoured with Spitfire flypast
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoDonald Rose celebrated his 109th birthday in December [BBC] Dozens of people watched a Spitfire fly...
Flying Spitfire for charity ‘delightful’, says former RAF pilot, 102
Press Association News via AOL· 4 months agoA 102-year-old former RAF man who took to the sky in a Spitfire described the experience being back...
Operator who flew drone close to Battle of Britain fighter to be sentenced
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoA drone pilot whom a judge said could have caused a “catastrophic situation” when he flew a drone...