The Duke of Cambridge was examining a newly restored Spitfire when he was asked if he wanted to take a seat in the cockpit of the historic aircraft. Despite joking that his "slippery shoes" were not ...

A Spitfire cockpit simulator designed and developed by engineers from Nottingham University has been officially unveiled at a Stoke-on-Trent gallery. A Spitfire RW388 on show at the Potteries Museum ...

Students in Nottingham have been building a cockpit for a Spitfire flight simulator over the last nine months to “inspire a new generation” to take an interest in the historic aircraft. Aerospace ...

An extraordinary unique opportunity for history lovers to get up and personal with an amazing Spitfire is taking place at Imperial War Museum Duxford. Lovingly restored from the Second World War, ...

WAR veteran Dorothea Barron got into a Spitfire cockpit today at the age of 99 as part of the countdown to D-Day 80. The former Women’s Royal Naval Service signaller was delighted to view the fighter ...

It was the trailblazing fighter plane which symbolised British defiance during the Second World War - and helped save thousands of lives. The single-seater Spitfire first took to the skies on March 5, ...

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British fighter aircraft used by the RAF and many other Allied countries during World War Two. It was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft and was ...