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Why the Spitfire won’t be permanently grounded, despite last week’s tragic crash
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe Spitfire crash in Lincolnshire on May 25 could not have happened at a worse time. Every...
Spitfires must fly or risk being lost to history, warns aircraft engineer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAn aircraft engineer who restores historic Spitfire fighter planes has said they must be kept flying...
This Working Lego Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine Would Make the Allies Proud
THE DRIVE via Yahoo News· 7 months agoRonald Tewes | Beyond the Brick Without question, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is one of the...
Flying Spitfire for charity ‘delightful’, says former RAF pilot, 102
Press Association News via AOL· 5 months agoA 102-year-old former RAF man who took to the sky in a Spitfire described the experience being back...
‘Spitfires belong in the skies’: The engineers keeping the Second World War fighters flying
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOn a bright Wednesday morning in Biggin Hill, south-east London, Joe Hurst clambers into the cockpit...
Tributes to pilot who died in Spitfire crash
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoFloral tributes outside the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight hangar at RAF Coningsby [Jake Zuckerman] Tributes have been paid to a pilot who died when...
Fatal crash could signal the end to Spitfire flying in the UK
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoA retired RAF officer has warned that the ongoing grounding of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight...
Crafters take over postboxes with poignant Remembrance Day tributes
Press Association News via AOL· 7 months agoCrafters have commemorated Remembrance Day by adorning postboxes with poignant knitted and crocheted...
102-year-old British veteran flies Spitfire on bumpy charity ride
Military Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA former Royal Air Force pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old. Jack Hemmings,...
Hurricane Fighters From WWII Unearthed In Ukrainian Forest
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHURRICANE MURMANSK With Ukraine seemingly poised to receive the modern F-16 jets that it has long...