Debrief: Too Much Maintenance?

Credit: BBMF
Credit: Clive Rowley/Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
LONDON—An investigation into the fatal loss of a UK Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire in May 2024 has raised questions over whether the aircraft received too much attention from its maintainers. Sqdn. Ldr. Mark Long died when the Spitfire, operated by the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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