While the RAF have more discretion over how they treat their planes, the Spitfires restored for everyday use must adhere to stringent Civil Aviation Authority regulations. If Brock is in a later ...

"And looking at them as they fly over now, I would say the Spitfire will go on for ever, wouldn't you?" There are now more Spitfires in airworthy condition than at any time for 30 years ...

It is in the rear cockpit of MJ627, a combat veteran Mk IX Spitfire built in 1943, that I am sitting as we fly through the perfect blue of an autumn sky over southern England. The aircraft is all ...

Two RAF Spitfires have taken part in a special flypast over the Normandy town of Bayeux to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings. The BBC's Huw Edwards was joined by military ...