March 5, 2026, marks ninety years since one of the most significant flights in aviation history. On that day in 1936, Supermarine test pilot Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers lifted the prototype ...

Few machines have as much shared history as the Spitfire and Messerschmitt fighter aeroplanes. Now, more than 80 years after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alex Monk said each plane he works on has a story to tell - GARETH FULLER/PA An aircraft engineer who restores historic Spitfire ...

On this day in aviation history, 84 years ago (April 15, 1942), the Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb tropical flew for the first time. A tropical variant of the highly successful British fighter, this ...

"Don't change a thing" - this is what Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers declared after taking the Supermarine Spitfire prototype, K5054, from Eastleigh Aerodrome to the skies for the first time on 5 March ...

The legacy of the Supermarine Spitfire has been commemorated in its birthplace 90 years after its first flight. The iconic aircraft, which played a pivotal role in the RAF's victory in the Battle of ...