Tag: SPITFIRE

Spitfire replica built in garage in Torquay

A man has built a three-quarter scale replica of a Mark V Spitfire using the instructions for an Airfix plane model. Rikki Scott started building the model of the World War Two fighter plane in his single-car garage three years ago. He said it was the third and biggest one he had built and, after […]

Pilot dies after Spitfire crash in Lincolnshire field

A pilot has died after a Spitfire crashed in a field close to an RAF station in Lincolnshire, officials said. Emergency services were called to the field off Langrick Road, Coningsby shortly before 13:20 BST on Saturday. The World War Two-era plane belonged to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight based at RAF Coningsby, the […]