This Blender animation recreates the terrifying moment a Spitfire Mk I ditches into the freezing waters of the Solent. The legendary fighter of the Battle of Britain becomes a prisoner of the sea as ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I’m looking at a Spitfire. At least, I’m looking at what I have been told is a Spitfire. At the moment it is a ...

After decades out of production, the 1:24 scale model plane that thrilled generations of children is back. And it’s being made in Britain! Name: The Spitfire. Age: Born 1959. Appearance: ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Britain’s Directorate of Technical Development considered Poland’s PZL P.24 monoplane to replace the Hawker Fury before deciding to stay with the indigenous Spitfire.