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A Spitfire cockpit simulator designed and developed by engineers from Nottingham University has been officially unveiled at a Stoke-on-Trent gallery.
The 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain will be marked with two weekends of events at the RAF Museum Midlands.
Germans are still undecided whether their most iconic WWII aircraft was the Me-109, the FW-190, or the ME-262. But what's so special about this Spitfire, you might ask? Well, let's get into it.
The Spitfire was technology. It was art. It was Mars in a sleek, all-metal monocoque with elegant, elliptical wings. The Spitfire made everyone who sat in the aircraft’s tiny cockpit feel great, feel ...
As Henocq sketched out the beauties of this example, I suddenly wanted to sit in the cockpit—badly. The object of my lust was a Spitfire with the airframe number JG891.
An historic Spitfire that downed a German aircraft during the Second World War before starring in a string of hit Hollywood films in the 1960s is set to go under the hammer this weekend for a ...
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Spitfire Vs Zero - Duel over Darwin

The Mitsubishi Zero and Supermarine Spitfire were two of the best dogfighting aircraft to ever take to the skies - both ...
A Spitfire's cockpit canopy detached mid-flight, causing an emergency return to Biggin Hill airport. The incident involved a Spitfire IXT, registered G-BMSB, which had taken off from London Biggin ...
Joy Lofthouse, a 92-year-old Royal Air Force veteran, was given the chance to fly a Spitfire again, for the first time in seventy years.
IWC sponsors British Spitfire aircraft’s Longest Flight, a 27,600-mile circumnavigation of the globe by two Boultbee Flight Academy pilots.
Home Gardens Expert Gardening Tips 'The Spitfire made everyone who sat in the aircraft’s tiny cockpit feel great, feel godly': A eulogy to the Spitfire, 80 years on from its Finest Hour Outnumbered ...