Spitfire

Jarrod Cotter describes the fantastic way that Goodwood has revived the golden age of motor racing from years gone by at a former Spitfire airfield, while Martyn Chorlton gives an overview of the site’s wartime history. Nowhere else in the world can you experience such an intoxicating blend of speed and nostalgia as that on…

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Louise Blackah presents an update of a low-back Spitfire XVI currently under restoration to fly with the RAF. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight has now been displaying across the country, bringing its own unique nostalgia to the public for over 50 years. However, it has been more than 10 years since the Flight has…

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Jarrod Cotter highlights how the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight began with this pictorial glimpse from its early days, when Spitfire XVIs became the favoured examples of their breed. With World War Two over, on 15 September 1945, a grateful nation gazed to the skies over London as 300 RAF fighters led by Gp Capt…

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For several years now Spitfire Vc AR501 has been undergoing a meticulous restoration which will put it in good stead to continue flying out of Old Warden for many years to come. Set in historic parkland with its (1909), Sopwith Pup (1916), Bristol F.2b CZECH HISTORY own delightful country house, a day spent at one of…

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Sqn Ldr Clive Rowley MBE RAF Ret’d tells the story behind the latest paint scheme applied to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Spitfire IIa P7350, which now represents QJ-K of 92 Squadron as flown by Pilot Officer Geoffrey Wellum in 1940. When he saw the enemy formation it looked like a swarm of gnats…

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Jarrod Cotter summarises the development of the first spitfire, k5054 On 5 March 1936, a beautiful- looking sleek new monoplane made its first flight from the Supermarine works airfield at Eastleigh in Hampshire –attractive as it may have been, this aircraft was designed to be the leading fighter of its time and intended solely for combat.…

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The development of the first Spitfire, K5054 On 5 March 1936, a beautiful-looking sleek new monoplane made its first flight from the Supermarine works airfield at Eastleigh in Hampshire – attractive as it may have been, this aircraft was designed to be the leading fighter of its time and intended solely for combat. The Spitfire…

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