A Spitfire's cockpit canopy detached mid-flight, causing an emergency return to Biggin Hill airport. The incident involved a Spitfire IXT, registered G-BMSB, which had taken off from London Biggin ...

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Out of the cockpit canopy, my peripheral vision captures the distinctively rounded wings of possibly the most famous aircraft type of all time, the Spitfire. The last of these iconic 1940s fighter ...

Neville Croucher, a 91-year-old pilot, survived 800 hours of combat missions flying Hawker Hurricane fighters for the Allies in World War II—so if anyone can appreciate the pleasure of taking to the ...

He was born into a warring generation, and at 21 he sat in the cockpit of a fighter over the coast of France. Behind his Spitfire, with the green shamrock on its side, thundered the other ships in the ...

The royal marked his 31st birthday by honoring Britain's WWII veterans. Prince Harry holds hands with 95 year old Battle of Britain Veteran Tom Neil after he landed back at Goodwood Aerodrome in his ...