The Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar team are currently working with MP's, London Biggin Hill Airport and the CAA to try and gain permission for a Spitfire flypast to celebrate the 100th birthday of NHS fundraising hero Captain Tom Moore.Mk IX Spitfire 'Spirit of Kent' TA805...
Fly A Spitfire brings you part one of its definitive guide to the various marks of Spitfire, concentrating, in this issue on the MkI, II and II. Look out for further guides over the coming months.Welcome to this free download guide to the early Spitfire...
2 Seat Hurricane BE505 joins the Biggin Hill FleetThe Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar and FlyaSpitfire.com are thrilled to announce that the world’s only flying 2 seater Hurricane ‘BE505’ will be joining our fleet for the 2020 flying season.Hawker (CC&F) Hurricane Mk IIB – Two Seat...
Many visitors to the Hertitage Hangar are surprised when they learn that Spitfire pilots were often sent off to meet the Luftwaffe, with very little combat training, 14 seconds’ worth of ammunition, 85 gallons of petrol and facing the greatest airborne enemy the world had...
Hallowed ground The name 'Biggin Hill' is synonymous with the Battle of Britain, when a small band of fighter pilots stood alone against the might of the Luftwaffe, a fighting force greater in number and already proven in combat. From this hallowed ground, young men, with...
The process of painting a Spitfire into the finished article with all its markings in place, starts long before anybody even thinks of picking up a paint gun. Getting the detail right The first stage is research. The aircraft in question may have an interesting history with...
Out of the 20,000+ Spitfires that were built from 1938 to 1948, today, just a handful of these (around 60) are still airworthy. So, where are the others? Of course, the vast majority were destroyed in combat or simply scrapped after the war, but of...