Spitfires and the need for Speed In the late 1930s, a competition broke out to see who could engineer the fastest aircraft. Read more
Tangmere Great Escapers 80 years ago this March, one of the pilots of our Spitfire BS410, found himself in Stalag Luft III as a prisoner of war, a… Read more
Spitfires.com helps identify a World War 2 Spitfire Pilot who should be recognised as ‘One of the Few’ Ronald Thompson There are many occasions throughout the year when our operations team get to learn about our customer’s family… Read more
Flying equipment of A Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot When our customers arrive, they have already had a briefing on the flying equipment that they will be issued with and the importance and… Read more
Gordon Neil Spencer Cleaver Gordon Neil Spencer Cleaver How the fate of a Fighter pilot flying from nearby RAF Tangmere in the Battle of Britain, helped the sight of… Read more
Chief Instructor achives 500 hours on Spitfires Tim Granshaw Tim Granshaw, our Chief Instructor passed an amazing milestone in his career this week in that he flew his 500th hour on Mk… Read more
Wood use in Spitfire Planes Why was the Spitfire not constructed from Timber, as per substantial parts of the Hawker Hurricane? Early aircraft were constructed… Read more
The 80th Anniversary of D Day Spitfires.com remembers the contribution of the Spitfire and our local airfields on the 80th Anniversary of D Day. Every flying day is… Read more
Our Spitfire Simulator: Tribute to Marshall James “Johnnie” Johnson Marshall James “Johnnie” Johnson During the five years of operational squadrons based at RAF Westhampnett, many aces, high ranking… Read more
From History to Sky: Experiencing the Battle of Britain’s Legacy with Spitfire Flights On 10 July 1940, the German army began their preliminary invasion of Britain. 3,000 pilots bravely defended the island from the Nazi… Read more
Silver Spitfire documentary to air on SKY History PREMIERES ON SKY HISTORY – REMEMBERANCE SUNDAY 12TH NOVEMBER AT 9PM The 90-minute documentary, SILVER SPITFIRE: THE LONGEST FLIGHT is… Read more
Silver Spitfire Book – out soon The recovery and renovation of a Second World War Spitfire to museum standards is always a special event. To then restore it to flying… Read more