A look at the iconic combat aircraft, 90 years on from its first flight, and why it was the people's plane.

The reverberation of that maiden flight can still be felt in the streets of Southampton today, especially today, on this landmark 90th anniversary.

The Supermarine Spitfire single-seat fighter aircraft of the Second World War marks nine decades since its first flight in 1936.

Museum visitors will again be given the chance to experience being a WWII fighter pilot by using a Spitfire simulator. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Hanley launched the Spitfire Simulator on ...

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The job of rebuilding the Spitfire destined to hang in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum is proving more complicated than was thought when the project began almost two years ago. For a start, virtually all ...

A restored Supermarine Spitfire will be flying over Hamilton in the next two or three years. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) has announced it will be restoring the Spitfire, now ...

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A Spitfire pilot who fought the Nazis in the Second World War was not allowed to sit in restored plane's cockpit - because of health and safety fears. Eric Carter, 91, was invited to the Potteries ...

A museum in a seaside resort is extending to tell the story of pioneering aviator Amy Johnson. The Spitfire Visitor Centre Hangar 42 at Blackpool Airport said it needed more space to tell the story of ...