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During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- these were the best looking.

This Spitfire had it all. It was a Mark Vc, the distillation of everything the Royal Air Force had learned in the desperate days of the Battle of Britain. "This is the gold standard," Martin Henocq ...

To mark the 100 th anniversary of the UK establishing the Royal Air Force as the first independent service of its kind, our cutaway choice for this Farnborough air show preview issue features two of ...

They were the young and the brave. In the high summer of 1940, some boys in blue uniforms, in a sky yet more blinding blue, took on a plague and defeated it. The plague was Nazism. Like Henry V’s men ...

Experience the legendary sound of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine as the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane soar together at the Royal International Air Tattoo. This breathtaking display captures ...

I have always loved flying machines. I got my pilot’s licence 15 years ago at a time when I was living out of a suitcase with the band. Travelling in a light aircraft was the best way to get around.

Christmas is not far away, and that means almost all of us are drafting up our wish lists. For many those lists probably still include the PlayStation 5, which is pretty difficult to come by even ...

These words of the Battle of Britain pilot Group Captain Hugh “Cocky” Dundas (Telegraph obituary, July 1995) sum up the most remarkable aircraft of the Second World War – the Supermarine Spitfire.