Spitfire

New bridges flypast planned as Spitfire fuel fears disappoint fans

Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales watch the Red Arrows flypast from Buckingham Palace.

Breath-taking footage captures stunning military VE Day 80 flypast

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Lucy, Lady Houston with the Schneider Trophy pilots at Calshot, UK, in 1931 (Picture: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How former chorus girl who foresaw war in 1931 helped win the Battle of Britain

Jack Forrest signed up for the RAF the day after Britain declared war on Germany

Obituaries: Jack Forrest, Spitfire pilot who shot down V1 flying bomb

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A memorial plaque will be unveiled for Spitfire pilot Henri Jeanne Paul Delabastita

Spitfire pilot remembered 80 years to the day after tragic crash

Alastair ‘Sandy’ Gunn leaning on the tail of Spitfire R7056 in November 1941. PIC: Gunn Family.

The incredible Scots 'Great Escape' pilot and rebuilding his Spitfire piece by p...

Eleanor Wadsworth flew 22 types of warplanes, including 132 Spitfires

Obituary: Eleanor Wadsworth, ‘Attagirl’ who flew fighter planes during Second W...

Spitfire flying over Dundee with a message of thanks to the NHS picture: Craig Chalmers @Cchalmersphoto

Spitfires fly over Scotland with message of thanks for NHS

Picture: George Lewis Romain

Here is when the NHS Spitfire is flying over almost all hospitals in Scotland

A Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire will make a flypast of Dame Vera Lynn's funeral procession (Photo: KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/AFP via Getty Images)

Here are the timings and route for Dame Vera Lynn's funeral flypast in Sussex to...

The Spitfire - similar to this craft - will have the message 'THANK U NHS' painted under its wings (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's when the NHS Spitfire flypast will fly over UK hospitals to thank the NHS

This is everything you need to know about the Red Arrows schedule for VE Day (Photo: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

These are the VE Day Red Arrows and Spitfire flypast routes - and who is being h...

Sgt Ballard only had 9 hours of flying time before joining his squadron. Picture: Battle of Britain Memorial Trust/PA Wire

Spitfire pilot posthumously hailed as one of ‘The Few’ in Battle of Britain

A solidly-made piece of theatre and a commanding performance from Susie Coreth

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Alexander Bryant was just 18 when he took part in the D-day landings

Obituary: Alexander Bryant, D-Day landing craft veteran, Royal Navy electrician

Flt Lt Ronnie Mackay

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Sofia Boutella and Sterling K Brown in Hotel Artemis

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The high-flying supermodel launches his sAspinal of London, The Aerodrome Collection by David Gandy, Aerodrome Backpack, GBP795

Fashion: David Gandy's Aspinal of London Aerodrome Collection

Spitfire pilot Nigel Rose has died at the age of 99

Obituary: Nigel Rose, Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot, chartered surveyor, musi...

Ken Wilkinson, one of the last survivors of The Few, has died at the age of 99. Picture: PA

Obituary: Ken Wilkinson, Spitfire pilot, Batttle of Britain veteran, one the '˜T...

The Spitfire was restored and put on display.

Spitfire recovered from loch put on display

RAF pilots scramble for their Hawker Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain

William Loneskie: No audition needed for leading part '“ it's plane

Spitfire pilot and Great Escape camp POW, Nigel Drever. Picture: Contributed

Obituary: Nigel George Drever. Spitfire pilot and Great Escape POW

Betty Huggett, ATA pilot who ditched in the Forth during bad weather while delivering a bomber. Picture: Contributed

Obituary: Betty Huggett, Spitfire pilot in Second World War

Spitfire LA198 is lowered to the ground for Amistice Day. Picture: John Devlin

Timelapse: Spitfire lowered at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove

The two symbols of the Battle of Britain, a Spitfire and Hurricane, during the flypast. Picture: Getty

Flypast of historic planes marks Battle of Britain

Squadron leader Tony Pickering, who fought alongside fellow RAF airmen known as The Few, inspects a new Battle of Britain 50p coin. Picture: PA

Battle of Britain marked with fighters in the sky

A small aircraft has crashed onto the site of a car festival in Cheshire. Picture: Twitter

Display plane pilot dies after car festival crash

The restored Spitfire has sold for a record price at auction. Picture: PA

Spitfire shot into sea during WW2 sells for £3.1m

The jet and rocket hangar at the Museum of Flight. Picture: Julie Bull

East Lothian flight museum celebrates with airshow

On this day in 1936 the Spitfire fighter, designed by RJ Mitchell, made its maiden flight at Eastleigh Aerodrome. Picture: Getty

On this day: Spitfire fighter made maiden flight

A flypast by a replica Spitfire marks the 125th anniversary of the Forth Bridge. Picture: PA

Flypast celebrates Forth Bridge’s 125th birthday

Picture of a 1938 Hawker Hind taken by RAF Wing Commander Roger Morewood, who died aged 98. Picture: SWNS

WWII pilot left behind incredible photo collection

Battle of Britain training plane to go on auction

Pilot Officer Pat Gifford 603 Squadron. Picture: comp

Leith man recalls Second World War air attack

Ron Holton: Wartime pilot who survived a sabotage attack on his Wellington bomber

Obituary: Ron Holton, wartime pilot and air traffic controller

The exhibition featuring Concorde trebled the number of visitors. Picture: Contributed

National Museum of Flight is reaching for the sky

Norman Brown: Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot who survived a tricky fight with a London barrage balloon

Obituary: Norman Brown, Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot

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Bill Stevenson: Dentist and Spitfire pilot who was one of the first people to fly a jet fighter

Obituary: Bill Stevenson FDS RCPS, orthodontist and fighter pilot
Born: 25 June, 1919, in Grangemouth. Died: 29 October, 2013, in Falkirk, aged 94

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Forth port’s RAF heritage honoured

Obituary: Flight-Lieutenant Sir Alan Smith CBE DFC DL

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Memorial to honour fallen Kiwi airman

Obituary: John Nisbet, professor of education

Burma spitfires to be dug up and flown home

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Chris and his Spitfire battle around Britain

Chris and his Spitfire battle around Britain

Police search RAF Spitfire crash site after human remains found

Police search RAF Spitfire crash site after human remains found

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9am Briefing: Spitfire pieces unearthed at Botanic Garden

Found after 69 years ... fragments of Spitfire collision over Edinburgh

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The Few: birth of a legend

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Leuchars puts on spectacular show

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