The Spitfire itself was the brainchild of Reginald Mitchell, whose revolutionary elliptical wing design made it the most ...

Summary: Recent months have seen several tragic military aircraft incidents. An F-35 Lightning II and an F-16 Fighting Falcon both crashed in New Mexico, while a vintage Supermarine Spitfire from the ...

A Spitfire was forced to make an emergency crash-landing in a field just days before VE Day. The historic aircraft - which had two people onboard - veered out of the sky before crashing down among ...

Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these ...

From its shocking 1941 arrival that outclassed the Spitfire at low altitude to brutal hit and run raids, night defense tactics, and heavy bomber killer upgrades, the Fw 190 fought everywhere and in ...

LONDON (AP) — British police say a small Royal Air Force plane has crashed into a field in eastern England with U.K. media reporting that it was a World War II-era Spitfire fighter. Lincolnshire ...

LONDON — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said. The ministry confirmed the ...

“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 ...

LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - A British air force pilot has died after a Spitfire aircraft crashed on Saturday into a field in eastern England, police and the RAF said. The fighter aircraft was part of a ...

Humanity achieved flight a mere decade before the outset of World War I in 1914, and pioneers did not take long to press the revolutionary new science into service. The first fighter pilots fought in ...

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Yachting and aviation enthusiasts alike will have plenty to admire about this new luxury yacht currently under construction. Designed as a clear tribute to the iconic Supermarine Spitfire, this ...