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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BS548 completes first flight at Duxford, becoming Australia's first two-seat Spitfire

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BS548 has completed its first post-restoration flights at Duxford, flown by Martin Overall, marking a key milestone ahead of its return to Australia.
Motor Sport Magazine

‘Charlie hands over control and I’m flying a Spitfire out over the English Channel’

Up front sits Charlie Huke, ex-RAF and a man who’s flown over 250 different aircraft types, both fixed wing and rotary; but ...
The National Interest

The Revolutionary Design of the Supermarine Spitfire

During the Battle of Britain, perhaps the most fraught moment in the UK’s history, the Spitfire performed admirably. The Supermarine Spitfire is arguably the most accomplished, and most celebrated, ...
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You Can Own this Flyworthy Spitfire IX, One of the Most Iconic British WWII Aircraft

Supermarine Spitfire is one of the most notorious WWII warbirds, and some of them are still flyworthy. However, not all of them are available for sale. This one is, and you might want it. Some ...
Daily Mail

The Spitfire was the iconic plane that helped Britain win WWII. Now as the nation remembers the defeat of Hitler 80 years ago, HARRY HOWARD finds out first-hand what made it so ...

It was the plane that pilots 'put on' rather than flew; the beautiful beast that left even the Germans waxing lyrical. If you ask people today what typified British defiance the most in the Second ...