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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, ...
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 ...
BBC

In Pictures: Rebuilding a rare Mk1 Spitfire

During World War Two, Spitfires were mass-produced in a matter of weeks. Today it can take years of research and hard work to restore one of these iconic fighter aircraft to the skies. When Spitfire ...
Couriermail

Restored Spitfire Mark 1 to go under the hammer at Christies for $4.9 million

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 ...