In April 2018, I stood at the breezy cliff-top Battle of Britain memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, near Folkestone, and tried to ...

A heritage Spitfire was forced to do an emergency landing after its engine stopped mid-flight, investigators have found. The ...

This dazzling superyacht combines an exceptional tribute to the historic Spitfire in terms of design with hybrid propulsion ...

A vintage Spitfire made a safe emergency landing near Hythe after engine failure caused by an aging fuel system gasket, ...

The tendency to pitch up violently, or enter an uncontrollable dive at the stall led to pilots flying the approach into ...

Before the Spitfire became a symbol of victory, it had to prove its aim. The convergence test pushed the aircraft’s guns, ...

Discover the hidden feats of the Supermarine Spitfire, from its revolutionary elliptical wing design to its role in downing Germany’s first jet fighter. Learn how British ingenuity, precise ...

Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant.

"He briefed his passenger and established a stable glide descent to carry out a wheels-up forced landing in a field. The aircraft landed on its underside and came to a stop." It added that the ...

As one of the fastest fighter planes in World War II, the widely used P-51D variant made 1,490 horsepower and had a top speed ...

Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh also decided to bring back another vintage symbol of the IAF, the 1967 Ford Saloon car, ...