Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947 in the rocket-powered Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis. Three years earlier, a British ...

The Christies auction will be held in London on July 9, 2015. This particular Spitfire Mk I — serial number P9374 — was shot down over the French port of Dunkirk in 1940. It took only a single bullet ...

You don't have to be an aviation expert to spot that immortal shape a mile away — or recognise an engine sound that can still reduce grown men to tears. But even lifelong Spitfire enthusiasts have ...

A team of archaeologists have begun unearthing a rare Mark II Spitfire which crashed in a farmer's field in 1942. TV presenter Dan Snow and the pilot's family joined experts as they started to ...

March 5, 2026, marks ninety years since one of the most significant flights in aviation history. On that day in 1936, Supermarine test pilot Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers lifted the prototype ...

Guy Kelly has been writing features, interviewing household names and, with mixed success, attempting to be funny for the Telegraph for over a decade. In that time his profile subjects have ranged ...

The Spitfire is one of the most iconic symbols of World War 2, and the first thing many think of when picturing warplanes. Two pilots have restored an Mk IX Spitfire and are on their way around the ...