Corroboration of Collar’s Spitfire results is provided by Price (11) in his description of the Speed Spitfire of 1938, an aerodynamically cleaner version intended for an attempt at the world …

The Spitfire Mk I became operational at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, in July 1938, and as time went on, the Spitfire was to become one of the most versatile and most-modified aircraft in …

See Also: The History and Recovery of Spitfire Mk Vc (T) EE853 UP-O A58-146 .pdf (located on the History Group Page – Post WW2 Section)

The Black Spitfire is a black-painted Spitfire which belonged to Israeli pilot and former president Ezer Weizmann. It is on exhibit in the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatserim and is used for …

The Supermarine Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by Reginald J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a …

41 Flown by Flight Lieutenant Tony Garforth Pickering on 30-minute air test - F/L Pickering was Test Pilot with No.57 O.T.U. Copy of logbook extract on Spitfire I file.

A brief history of Spitfire P7350 (Mk IIa) P7350 is the oldest airworthy Spitfire in the world and the only Spitfire still flying today to have actually fought in the Battle of Britain.