The Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK will be commemorating the Battle of Britain, considered the most important event in Royal Air Force history, with a weekend of events and activities the weekend of […]
Few bands in the history of heavy metal are as patriotic and focused on war as British icons Iron Maiden, and as far as we know there are no other bands whose frontman holds an […]
With just a couple of weeks remaining until the 2013 RAF Cosford Air Show, organizers have confirmed a complete line-up of flying displays for Sunday June 9th, but are hinting that there are still more […]
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight‘s Avro Lancaster will be taking to the skies over Shropshire, UK in honour of the thousands of National Service RAF veterans. The iconic aircraft will perform for visitors and […]
The night of May 16-17th, 1943 saw the execution of Operation Chastise, better known as the Dambuster Raid, the culmination of a year and a half of hard work, developing and testing an innovative new […]
Reflecting the new paradigm of crowd-sourcing, Operation Spitfire is enlisting the public for assistance in restoring Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI RW388 and the updating of its exhibits. The 1945-built plane was donated to the City […]
March 21st marks the 70th anniversary of the formation of 617 Sqn (Dambusters) at RAF Scampton. This picture was taken 5 years ago to commemorate the 65th anniversary with the BBMF Lancaster passing the towers […]
Hurricane PZ865 was the last of 14,533 Hurricanes produced. Right out of the factory it carried the Inscription ‘The Last of the Many’ on her port and starboard sides. Keen to preserve the last Hurricane […]
Over 58 years since its last flight, Supermarine Spitfire XVI TE311 recently returned to the air at the Royal Air Force Station-Coningsby in Lincolnshire, England following an exhaustive 12-year restoration project untaken by the RAF […]
Following a major restoration effort performed by The Aircraft Restoration Company, the Rolls-Royce Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX PS853, flew once again at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, England. While in the care of The Aircraft Restoration Company, […]
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