A legendary 1944 Supermarine Spitfire XIVe—one of the war’s most celebrated fighter planes—just hit the market, giving collectors a shot at owning a genuine slice of aviation history. This bird’s got ...

“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 ...

It’s not always the best aircraft that wins in an air-to-air engagement. Most of the times it is the training the pilot has received and his/her skills, experience to make the difference: that’s why a ...

The Supermarine Spitfire was critical to the British victory in the Battle of Britain, defending against the Luftwaffe and becoming a powerful symbol of defiance. Its advanced design, featuring a ...

A historic Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk. IXe is set to arrive at Točná Airport, marking the symbolic return of an aircraft closely tied to Czechoslovak aviation history. The arrival of this legendary ...

There’s a powerful mythology connected to the Spitfire fighter plane. So powerful in fact that by the 1960s, when sales were at their peak, Airfix was shifting more than 350,000 injection-moulded ...

The plane is a hero of World War II − but what is it about the design that singles it out? Jonathan Glancey salutes an icon. At first, it’s the sound – that sound – that catches the attention. As eyes ...