On this day in aviation history, March 5, 1936, the legendary Supermarine Spitfire took to the skies for the first time. The ...

On 5 March 1936 the prototype Spitfire made its maiden flight. Its creator R.J. Mitchell would not live to see its finest ...

The US Air Force's NGAD fighter moves forward as General Electric Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney successfully complete engine design reviews.

Armstrong Spitfire IX, PL344. This aircraft has only 204.5 hours since its complete restoration, with 182 hours on its Packard Merlin 266 engine, rebuilt by Vintage V-12s. A Storied History Ordered ...

In aircraft powered by the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, including the Supermarine Spitfire ... new Black Badge Spectre and its WW2 fighter-plane-inspired features, Rolls-Royce took ...

Britain stepped up the production of fighter planes ... a crucial foothold in France. The latest Spitfire Mark IX had a 1,720 horsepower engine and was equipped with both 20mm cannons and ...

The P-47 Thunderbolt is recognized as the heaviest single-engine fighter employed by any nation ... British aircraft of WWII was the Supermarine Spitfire. Over 20,000 units were produced during ...

One of the key additions to this latest model is a new Infinity Mode, which harks back to a special switch on the throttle of a Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane. With it, pilots could unlock an ...