A heritage Spitfire was forced to do an emergency landing after its engine stopped mid-flight, investigators have found. The ...
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What Happened When a Spitfire’s Engine Failed Just Feet Above the Sea
The summer of 1940. Britain stands alone. Over the English Channel, Spitfire pilots skim the waves, their engines coughing ...
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How RAF Engineers Perfected the Spitfire’s Guns for Deadly Precision
Before the Spitfire became a symbol of victory, it had to prove its aim. The convergence test pushed the aircraft’s guns, ...
A Spitfire pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Kent after a decades-old fuel system part caused the engine to ...
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Spitfire forced to land near Hythe after power loss
A vintage Spitfire made a safe emergency landing near Hythe after engine failure caused by an aging fuel system gasket, according to an AAIB report.
"He briefed his passenger and established a stable glide descent to carry out a wheels-up forced landing in a field. The aircraft landed on its underside and came to a stop." It added that the ...
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 ...
As the retired RAF Group Captain Hugh Dundas and his brother John are honoured with blue plaques at their childhood home, ...
Ronnie Scott didn’t see frontline combat but still contributed to the war effort as an instructor pilot. Here’s What You Need to Remember: For Britain’s sake, it’s probably a good thing that the ...
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