Supermarine Spitfire

Type: Product
Name: Supermarine Spitfire
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

The Lancaster Bomber: That Magnificent Flying Machine

The Dambusters raid, which took place on this day in 1943, could never have happened without the mighty four-engined Avro Lancaster, undoubtedly the greatest heavy bomber of World War II.The daring mission of the Royal Air Force 617 Squadron required ... [Published Flight Journal - May 16 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

History goes on show

BEFORE TELEVISION: In 1941, the Athenium Theatre hosted the Spitfire Queen competition, a fundraiser fro the Supermarine Spitfire for the war effort. Picture: Betty TrueloveFOR close to two years, the Broadway Museum has been hosting Museum Memories and ... [Published Southern Cross - May 15 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Hi Life: Alfred Dunhill Turbine Cufflinks With Carbon Fibre

Alfred Dunhill’s sophistication and elegance is perfectly represented in the Turbine cufflinks. Inspired by the turbines of a Supermarine Spitfire engine, they were designed exclusively for the British designer whose interests and products cover a vast ... [Published Property Report - May 14 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 5 reports

Spitfire replica tribute to pilots killed in training

A FULL-SIZE replica Spitfire has been erected as a memorial to 71 pilots killed during training in the Second World War.A Supermarine Spitfire Mark 1 was unveiled by 100-year-old former aircraft mechanic John "Dinger" Bell in a public garden in Grangemouth, ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 10 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Letters - May 9, 2013

Mamma MiaDream showsThe news we are to be graced by a season’s run of Mamma Mia at The Opera House in 2014 will hopefully be the first of many such announcements.I have been hoping to see announcements of one of a number of top shows currently touring ... [Published Blackpool Gazette - May 09 2013]
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Father and son: priest and poet

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the demise of John Gillespie Magee. This scion of a wealthy American family from Pittsburgh will forever be remembered for saving the lives of many Chinese civilians during the horrific Nanking Massacre by Japanese ... [Published Economic Times - May 03 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Spitfire Memorial Set For Grangemouth

The Grangemouth Spitfire Memorial Trust will unveil a full size replica of a of a Supermarine Spitfire Mark 1 aircraft to commemorate the trainee Spitfire pilots from all over the world who learned to fly the machine at the beginning of the WWII on Thursday ... [Published Falkirk Council - May 02 2013]
First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Editor's Comment June 2013

I’d like to start by thanking all the many readers who took the time to write to say how much they liked last month’s Dam Busters 70th anniversary issue. That was very kind of you, and I’m just pleased that the issue seems to have been so popular and ... [Published Aeroplane Magazine - Apr 30 2013]
First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Combat Flight Simulator Free

Combat Flight Simulator game of the battle of Midway in the pacific during the WW2 Choose up to 5 planes to engage your enemies: - P-51 Mustang - P-47 Warhawk - P-40 Supermarine - Spitfire - F4U Corsair You can choose americans and british aircrafts. ... [Published ZDNet - Apr 30 2013]
First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Airshow tickets are now ready for take-off

Tickets go on sale this week for Scotland?s national Airshow at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, East Lothian on Saturday, July 27.The RAF’s supersonic Typhoon display team will take centre stage at the popular annual event, which last year ... [Published Berwickshire News - Apr 25 2013]
First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

By George

I WAS surprised and somewhat disappointed by the unwarranted criticism, by the anonymous complainant, of the Prudhoe Youth Charity Shop, run by George McCreedy MBE.Mr McCreedy has always worked hard for Prudhoe and its younger generation.The shop, though ... [Published Hexham Courant - Apr 24 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Avenger set for debut in Anzac Day fly past

WORK IN PROGRESS: Brendon Deere's Grumman Avenger being readied for its Anzac Day debut.PICTURE/SUPPLIEDThere will be a new aircraft in the skies over Wanganui this Anzac Day.Warbird collectors Brendon and Shirley Deere's World War II Grumman Avenger ... [Published Wanganui Chronicle - Apr 18 2013]

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"The effort the cadets have put into this has been astonishing. This would not have been possible without them."
Mr Bell added: "RAF Grangemouth was a huge success story and future generations must never forget its huge contribution in training thousands of Spitfire pilots from many different nationalities. I remember some of the 71 pilots who died. They were all a happy bunch of very young men."
...A spokesman for Claydon Reeves said: "The Aeroboat is one of the fastest and most elegant small yachts ever produced."

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Eagle Squadron opens the Spring Air Show at RAF... [Published EastLife - May 18 2013]
RAF Cosford reveal line-up for air show extrava... [Published MidlandsBusinessNews.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Full line-up of 2013 RAF Cosford Air Show revealed [Published Shropshirelive.com - May 17 2013]
The Lancaster Bomber: That Magnificent Flying M... [Published Flight Journal - May 16 2013]
History goes on show [Published Southern Cross - May 15 2013]
Hi Life: Alfred Dunhill Turbine Cufflinks With ... [Published Property Report - May 14 2013]
Spitfire replica tribute to pilots killed in tr... [Published Herald Scotland - May 10 2013]
Grangemouth air cadets unveil Spitfire memorial [Published Falkirk Herald - May 09 2013]
Gallery: Spitfire unveiled in Grangemouth [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - May 09 2013]
Spitfire memorial to 71 pilots killed during Wo... [Published Stv.tv - May 09 2013]
Replica Spitfire unveiled in Grangemouth [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - May 09 2013]
Letters - May 9, 2013 [Published Blackpool Gazette - May 09 2013]
Father and son: priest and poet [Published Economic Times - May 03 2013]
Spitfire Memorial Set For Grangemouth [Published Falkirk Council - May 02 2013]
Spirit of the Spitfire: New $5m superyacht that... [Published Mail Online UK - May 02 2013]
Aeroboat: New £3m superyacht that has the engin... [Published Mail Online UK - May 02 2013]
Editor's Comment June 2013 [Published Aeroplane Magazine - Apr 30 2013]
Combat Flight Simulator Free [Published ZDNet - Apr 30 2013]
Five Of The Tackiest Watches To Go With Your Car [Published Jalopnik - Apr 27 2013]
Airshow tickets are now ready for take-off [Published Berwickshire News - Apr 25 2013]
GALLERY: Anzac Day in Junee [Published Southern Cross - Apr 25 2013]
By George [Published Hexham Courant - Apr 24 2013]
Worlds first 3D-printed aircraft flown at South... [Published domain-b - Apr 19 2013]
Avenger set for debut in Anzac Day fly past [Published Wanganui Chronicle - Apr 18 2013]
Maritime Monday for March 25, 2013: Boom, Boom,... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 25 2013]
Tribute to a lost brother: Fully-restored bombe... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Jan 07 2013]
Lancaster bomber to fly again as tribute to a l... [Published Telegraph - Jan 06 2013]
Maritime Monday for November 26th, 2012; God Wi... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Nov 26 2012]
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