World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...

The Supermarine Spitfire Mark I was an elegant and agile ... The Mark I Spitfires, with their superior speed and agility, were sent up to shoot down German fighters. By the end of the battle ...

An interesting question to ponder is: Which was the better warbird flown by those “so few” in “Their Finest Hour”: the Supermarine Spitfire or the Hawker Hurricane? The Spitfire should be ...

From a logistical standpoint, the Hurricane proved significantly cheaper to build than the Supermarine Spitfire as well as being even simpler to overhaul, especially when it came to repairing ...