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BBMF Launch a Brand-new Spitfire Simulator Experience

October 14, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire simulator project began in April 2022 with an empty shell of a cockpit. The vision was to create a one-to-one scale replica Spitfire cockpit that, in […]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI TE392 Flies in Australia!

January 15, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

On Monday, January 13th, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIe TE392 took the skies for the first time in some years, making two successful test flights from Archerfield Airport in Brisbane, Queensland following a short period of refurbishment. […]

RAF Museum Spitfire receives Engineering Heritage Award

January 14, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 K9942 displayed at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford has been presented with a prestigious ‘Engineering Heritage Award’ by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The awards, established in 1984, […]

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2018: Warbird Year In Review

December 27, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

2018 has been another great year for warbirds, with many significant events and first flights taking place. We at Vintage Aviation Publications through WarbirdsNews.com and Warbird Digest have endeavored to keep our readers informed of […]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc JG891 Flies Again

July 6, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc JG891 took to the skies again in England for the first time in some years on July 6th, with a successful hop at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire. Regular WarbirdsNews contributor George Land […]

Poznan Air Show 2018

June 15, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

Poznan Air Show 2018 by Giorgio Varisco Poznan-Lawica airport, the civilian airport in Poznan, Poland, hosted the Poznan Air Show over the weekend of May 19th/20th this year. While the highlight of the show was the […]

Duxford – Battle of Britain Air Show Report

October 5, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Imperial War Museum Duxford – Battle of Britain Airshow 2017 by David Layland Duxford held it’s Battle of Britain Airshow over the weekend September 23rd/24th. Duxford is also celebrating its centenary this year, the Royal […]

Dunkirk – Filming the Aerial Scenes for the Epic Movie

August 15, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 58

Dunkirk – The Motion Picture Film by Richard Mallory Allnutt WarbirdsNews reader, Mark Rutley, recently sent us some fabulous images he took recently while observing flight operations for the upcoming epic film, Dunkirk, currently being […]

Spitfire Flypast at Cosford

September 3, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – A flypast from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire will be a highlight for visitors attending a 75th anniversary event at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford later this month. The […]

Battle of Britain: 75th Anniversary

July 10, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

On July 10th, 1940, the greatest air battle in human history began, as aircraft of the German Luftwaffe streamed over the United Kingdom with the intent of bombing the nation into quick submission, as they had done with all […]

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