21/10/2026
Nearly two weeks ago we received the very sad news that Steve Kingman, personal friend and Air Leasing’s longest-serving engineer, passed away.
Stevie, as we affectionately called him, had a long and lustrous career in aviation - from the RAF to commercial jet aviation and his biggest passion, vintage aviation.
Stevie put his heart and soul into the maintenance and legacy of ML407 and followed her wherever in the country she went.
His dedication ensured the continuation of the Grace Spitfire and he will be deeply missed by our whole team.
