A heritage Spitfire was forced to do an emergency landing after its engine stopped mid-flight, investigators have found. The ...
Before the Spitfire became a symbol of victory, it had to prove its aim. The convergence test pushed the aircraft’s guns, ...
A vintage Spitfire made a safe emergency landing near Hythe after engine failure caused by an aging fuel system gasket, ...
A Spitfire pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Kent after a decades-old fuel system part caused the engine to ...
The summer of 1940. Britain stands alone. Over the English Channel, Spitfire pilots skim the waves, their engines coughing ...
As the retired RAF Group Captain Hugh Dundas and his brother John are honoured with blue plaques at their childhood home, ...
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How Aircraft Tails Have Changed over Time

Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant.
"He briefed his passenger and established a stable glide descent to carry out a wheels-up forced landing in a field. The aircraft landed on its underside and came to a stop." It added that the ...
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh also decided to bring back another vintage symbol of the IAF, the 1967 Ford Saloon car, ...
The HT-2 is the first indigenously built Indian aircraft of the IAF. Starting from the 1950s, all IAF pilots underwent their basic flying training on this aircraft until 1989. The IAF hailed the ...
A huge display featuring knitted aircraft, soldiers, airmen and other scenes from World War Two has gone on display at Stoke ...