A legendary 1944 Supermarine Spitfire XIVe—one of the war’s most celebrated fighter planes—just hit the market, giving collectors a shot at owning a genuine slice of aviation history. This bird’s got ...

Explore the legendary rivalry and legacy of the Spitfire and P-51 Mustang, World War II’s most iconic fighter planes, and discover what made these warbirds legends of the skies. Dive deep into ...

The Spitfire is often remembered for its speed and iconic shape, but its guns were a major part of what made it so feared.

“Meaningful innovation starts with asking new questions.” That’s the mantra engineers at Lateral Naval Architects live by, and their impressive portfolio of highly-specialized commercial and ...

There’s a powerful mythology connected to the Spitfire fighter plane. So powerful in fact that by the 1960s, when sales were at their peak, Airfix was shifting more than 350,000 injection-moulded ...

Released to mark the RAF’s centenary, this documentary brims with aerial footage of the plucky fighter that took on the might of the Luftwaffe Post-Dunkirk and Darkest Hour, there will surely be more ...

The plane is a hero of World War II − but what is it about the design that singles it out? Jonathan Glancey salutes an icon. At first, it’s the sound – that sound – that catches the attention. As eyes ...

It’s not always the best aircraft that wins in an air-to-air engagement. Most of the times it is the training the pilot has received and his/her skills, experience to make the difference: that’s why a ...

Eighty years ago, the Battle of Britain was being fought in the skies over England’s southern counties. Hitler’s Luftwaffe was trying to destroy the Royal Air Force to pave the way for a German ...