Various land-based fighters were converted to become seaplanes during the Second World War. A few were very impressive, like ...

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 ...

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

The Spitfire was sleek, and the Mustang majestic, but not all aeroplanes of the Second World War were conventionally ...

Even among other Spitfires, serial number RM747 has a combat history and a prolific service career. But there's a big twist ...

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 (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 ...

Andrew Frankel may have enjoyed some pretty special driving experiences, but for him the opportunity to fly an authentic ...

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 ...

Staff at a museum in Woodley will be digitising pictures that give insight into the aircraft manufacturing heritage of the ...