| Another was intercepted by a Spitfire near Newhaven and the pilot died when his plane was downed from the blast. |
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| The photo over the Minster reminded me of Remembrance Day, when I flew the lone Spitfire over Westminster Abbey. |
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| The main requirements for the design of the Spitfire was that it had to have have eight guns and an excellent rate of climb. |
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| After landing, the Spitfire was taxied into a hangar, where it was kept overnight until yesterday when it performed another fly-past. |
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| During March, Carolyn Grace taxied her two-seat Spitfire into a Jet Ranger helicopter at Duxford, England. |
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| He was flying Spitfire R6614 and was able to bail out of his stricken aeroplane but was later found dead. |
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| Just before coming abeam the runway threshold I began a continuous finals turn, Spitfire style. |
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| In the following year he was given the go-ahead to build an all-metal monoplane that would become the Supermarine Spitfire. |
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| Tana had a canary yellow 1971 Triumph Spitfire, gleaming with chrome and carnauba wax. |
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| He was well known for his part in Gone with the Wind and had just starred with David Niven in The First of the Few, the story of the Spitfire. |
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| So if you imagine a Spitfire, the wings join on the bottom of the body and are confluent with the body as well, so it's a smooth surface. |
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| As the Spitfire flypast disappeared into the horizon, engines fired into life and the TGP aces flew out of the pit lane to form up the grid. |
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| Over the years 24 versions were made and the Spitfire doubled in weight, engine power and firepower. |
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| The aircraft was taking part in an eleven Spitfire fly-by when smoke issued from the Merlin powerplant. |
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| Another deadstick landing followed and this time he even had the time to turn left and clear the runway before bring the Spitfire to a halt. |
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| He said he learned to stick to his guns from his father, a group captain who flew a Spitfire in the Battle of Britain. |
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| In a dogfight near Venlo in The Netherlands, his Spitfire was hit but he still shot down a Messerschmitt. |
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| The crowds at this year's Eldwick and Gilstead Gala were temporarily silenced by the thundering noise of a Spitfire and Hurricane roaring past overhead. |
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| From inside it sounds like a Spitfire with the whine of the gearbox, a resonance through the uncarpeted cockpit and stones rattling like bullets off the underside. |
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| A Spitfire propeller has been restored and mounted on a cairn of Cornish granite and will be displayed inside the entrance of RAF Portreath in Cornwall next month. |
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| Throughout the sale, pints of Spitfire bitter, bottles of Budweiser, glasses of red or white wine and glasses of Famous Grouse Whisky will cost just 99p each. |
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| From May 1939, until moving away in October 1939, the Squadron flew the Supermarine Spitfire. |
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| A Spitfire IIa crashed at the east side of the airfield on 19 November 1941 during attack practice with a target glider being towed. |
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| Visit Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum from 28 March 2015 and delve into Birmingham's Spitfire Story in a brand new gallery. |
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| The trendy cars to aspire to, for all but the really well heeled, were models like the frog-eyed Sprite, the MGA and the Triumph Spitfire. |
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| Dowding also introduced modern aircraft into service during the pre war period, including the eight gun Spitfire and Hurricane. |
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| With remarkable foresight, he ensured the equipment of his command with monoplane fighters, the Hurricane and the Spitfire. |
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| Supermarine, the designers of the Spitfire and other military aircraft, were based in Southampton, which led to severe bombing of the city. |
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| Also in 1999, King used two GB Spitfire basses, handmade in England by Bernie Goodfellow. |
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| I had good, consistent results with Wasp Jack-Hammer, Tru-Fire Switch Blade, Grim Reaper, Rage and Spitfire. |
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| This museum preserves several aircraft, including Hurricane and Spitfire fighters that defended the island in the Second World War. |
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| However, apparently unknowingly, the photograph they used was accidentally that of a Spitfire belonging to the Polish 303 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. |
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| It is named in honour of one of the city's most famous sons, Reginald Mitchell, designer of the legendary World War II fighter plane, the Spitfire. |
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| Gneisenau was hit by a bomb which failed to explode and was moved from dry dock to the outer harbour, where it was photographed by a 1 PRU Spitfire on 5 April. |
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| Spitfire losses stood at 70 destroyed and damaged to all causes. |
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| The performance of the Spitfire over Dunkirk came as a surprise to the Jagdwaffe, although the German pilots retained a strong belief that the 109 was the superior fighter. |
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