Ivan Staines, Alfred Cooley and Paul Terry take off in the iconic aircraft from Biggin Hill Airport.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1944 'Spirit of Kent' Spitfire on the tarmac at Biggin Hill - Julian Simmonds for The Daily Telegraph On a bright Wednesday ...

Summary: Recent months have seen several tragic military aircraft incidents. An F-35 Lightning II and an F-16 Fighting Falcon both crashed in New Mexico, while a vintage Supermarine Spitfire from the ...

In an obscure and perhaps less glorious role, Britain’s well-known World War 2 fighter excelled at important ...

LONDONLONDON — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said. The ministry confirmed ...

Three Second World War army veterans have taken to the skies in Spitfires from London's Biggin Hill airport, the former RAF fighter station that's closely tied to the Battle of Britain. Paul Terry, ...

A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. The RAF announced Saturday the pilot had died in a “tragic accident” near ...

Ronald David Scott was born on October 20, 1917, to a Scottish father, Roy Douglas Scott (a Boer War veteran and a dragoon in World War I and one of the first referees in Argentine rugby), and an ...

Two British aviators take off Monday on a first-ever attempt to fly a Spitfire around the world, proclaiming the iconic fighter plane as a symbol of freedom. The restored plane fought in World War II ...