On this day in aviation history, March 5, 1936, the legendary Supermarine Spitfire took to the skies for the first time. The ...

The Fairey Battle, a British-built single-engine light bomber aircraft, was conceived by the Fairey Aircraft Company and ...

manoeuvrability and firepower turned it into a formidable killing machine and a much loved British icon. The Supermarine Spitfire Mark I was an elegant and agile fighting machine. The ...

In celebration of International Women’s Day the National Aerospace Library highlights the life and work of Eleanor Lettice Curtis, a British aviatrix whose extraordinary contributions during World War ...

Many of the world's gnarliest cars have visited Gatebil over the years. Bugatti Chiron, Ford GT, Ferrari F40, Koenigsegg and Lamborginis, Porsches and Ferraris as well as the world's fiercest drift ...

The RAF's iconic Supermarine Spitfires helped defeat Luftwaffe air attacks in 1940 in the Battle of Britain. They remain the most built British combat ... his love of the Spitfire and building ...

One of the key additions to this latest model is a new Infinity Mode, which harks back to a special switch on the throttle of a Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane. With it, pilots could unlock an ...

and Design: They feature a tig-welded trellis frame, crafted from T45 high-strength British steel the same material used in the construction of the original Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane of ...

the British Admiralty expressed interest in a version of the new Spitfire fighter that was beginning to enter service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). However, there was concern that Supermarine ...