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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BS548 completes first flight at Duxford, becoming Australia's first two-seat Spitfire

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BS548 has completed its first post-restoration flights at Duxford, flown by Martin Overall, ...
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You Can Own this Flyworthy Spitfire IX, One of the Most Iconic British WWII Aircraft

Supermarine Spitfire is one of the most notorious WWII warbirds, and some of them are still flyworthy. However, not all of them are available for sale. This one is, and you might want it. Some ...
Motor Sport Magazine

‘Charlie hands over control and I’m flying a Spitfire out over the English Channel’

Up front sits Charlie Huke, ex-RAF and a man who’s flown over 250 different aircraft types, both fixed wing and rotary; but ...
Travel Radar

Australia’s First Two-Seat Supermarine Spitfire Takes Flight

Australia’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BS548, has completed its first post-restoration flight at Duxford, United Kingdom. Flown by Martin “Mo” Overall, this aircraft is Australia’s first two-seat ...
Forbes

The Plane That Saved The World

During the dark days of 1940, when bombs rained nightly on London and England fought on alone against Nazi Germany, the Spitfire became a symbol of Britain's resolve and courage. More than any other ...
Daily Mail

The Spitfire was the iconic plane that helped Britain win WWII. Now as the nation remembers the defeat of Hitler 80 years ago, HARRY HOWARD finds out first-hand what made it so ...

It was the plane that pilots 'put on' rather than flew; the beautiful beast that left even the Germans waxing lyrical. If you ask people today what typified British defiance the most in the Second ...