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Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar Announces Latest Spitfire Under Restoration

February 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

As we have reported in the past, the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar and its parent organization, The Spitfire Company (Biggin Hill) Ltd, have made remarkable progress in their work restoring Supermarine Spitfires at their facility […]

Battle of Britain Veteran Now Flies with Trig

September 17, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

Trig has been selected by the Royal Air Force, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to supply VHF 8.33 radios, equipping their historic aircraft collection. The Flight includes six Supermarine Spitfires, one of the most admired […]

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Spitfire Restoration News Downunder

June 16, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

With the recent easing of work and travel restrictions in Australia as the nation begins to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic, our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online was able to visit Vintage Fighter Restorations […]

Aerospace Industry Mourns Passing of Aviation Icon Rudy Frasca

May 13, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We are sad to report the passing of Rudy Frasca two days ago on May 11th. The 89 year-old Frasca was an icon in the aviation world, having built up a formidable flight simulator business, Frasca […]

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Downunder Warbird Roundup

April 16, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

There is a fair amount of Spitfire-related news coming from Australia in recent weeks, and we thought our readers would be interested to hear from our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online who reports […]

The ‘Greek Spitfire’ Flies!

January 20, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

We are happy to report that on January 19th, 2020 the Hellenic Air Force Museum’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc MJ755 flew for the first time since 1953. The aircraft has been under restoration since 2018 within the Biggin Hill […]

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. […]

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RAAF Combat Veteran Spitfire Under Restoration in Australia

December 12, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

We thought our readers would be interested in a piece by our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online who reports on the arrival of three new restoration projects at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in […]

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‘Silver Spitfire’ Takes Flight

July 1, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Boultbee Flight Academy’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MJ271, aka the ‘Silver Spitfire’, has flown for the first time following her restoration with the Aircraft Restoration Company in Duxford, England. John Romain took the aircraft up for her […]

Shuttleworth Spitfire Mk.V AR501 – First Public Outing

June 9, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

While we are a little late out of the gate on this one, we received a wonderful series of photographs by contributor Mark Rutley of the Shuttleworth Collection’s magnificent and recently restored Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V […]

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