The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) may never take to the skies again, aviation experts fear, after being grounded for over seven months following a fatal crash. The historic fleet of ...

Meanwhile, the BBMF said its Spitfires with Merlin engines remained grounded following the death of Sqn Ldr Mark Long in a plane crash on 25 May. The cause of the crash is not yet known ...

The commanding officer of the Spitfire pilot who died in a crash has paid tribute to his "dear friend". Sqn Ldr Mark Long was killed when the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) plane he was ...

The BBMF’s budget is around £12 million a ... engineering for the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, we had the Hurricane crash,” he recalled. The Hurricane, serial number LF363, suffered ...