The Duke of Cambridge was examining a newly restored Spitfire when he was asked if he wanted to take a seat in the cockpit of the historic aircraft. Despite joking that his "slippery shoes" were not ...

This article was originally written by John Parker for Warbirds Online and is republished by Vintage Aviation News as part of an ongoing cooperative arrangement between the two websites. The article ...

A Spitfire cockpit simulator designed and developed by engineers from Nottingham University has been officially unveiled at a Stoke-on-Trent gallery. A Spitfire RW388 on show at the Potteries Museum ...

A HISTORIC plane could go back into production 90 years after its first ever flight. A concept model of the next generation ...

WAR veteran Dorothea Barron got into a Spitfire cockpit today at the age of 99 as part of the countdown to D-Day 80. The former Women’s Royal Naval Service signaller was delighted to view the fighter ...

Students in Nottingham have been building a cockpit for a Spitfire flight simulator over the last nine months to “inspire a new generation” to take an interest in the historic aircraft. Aerospace ...

It was the trailblazing fighter plane which symbolised British defiance during the Second World War - and helped save thousands of lives. The single-seater Spitfire first took to the skies on March 5, ...

How did the two iconic fighters of the Second World War—the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109—compare? Was either plane demonstrably better? We examine the two based on ...

War Thunder has launched a Wings Over Water event for the Spitfire Mk Vb Float and previewed aircraft damage model and MFD ...

In autumn 1940, as the Battle of Britain raged, Luftwaffe commander-in-chief Hermann Göring gazed across the Channel towards Dover’s white cliffs and asked German fighter ace Adolf Galland what he’d ...

We'll always have a place in our hearts for smooth-singing crooners. Decades ago, a number of charming men captivated ...

Ninety years after its inaugural flight, the legendary Supermarine Spitfire may be poised for a return to production, driven by the ambition of a dedicated team of enthusiasts. A concept model, the ...