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Geoffrey de Havilland's first attempts to fly were in 1909, and this early part of de Havilland's career saw him rise from an ...
Airborne early warning (AEW) has been used since 1941 but, until the computer revolution of the late 1970s, was restricted in its operation to maritime ...
Using archival photographs sourced directly from Vietnam, specially commissioned diagrams and combat accounts from veterans, Istvan Toperczer reveals how the MiG-21 defended Vietnam between 1966 ...
Affectionately nicknamed the 'Stringbag', the Fairey Swordfish was an aircraft that earned its stripes. It was the only torpedo-bomber Britain had in significant numbers at ...
Hugo Junkers was one of the greatest aviation pioneers and a maverick to boot. His approach to how an aircraft should be built was like ...
While the history of the jet engine and the development of Britain's first jet fighter are well known, the evolution of a jet-powered bomber ...
In 1932, the British Air Ministry issued Specification B.9/32 for a twin-engined day bomber. Key to its design success was the removal of ...
The A-10 is the Air Force's unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate ...
The appeal of vintage aircraft lies in its social and military history, the engineering and evolutionary innovations demanded by sophisticated conflicts, as well as the ...
One of the three British four-engine heavy bombers that took the fight to Germany, the Handley Page Halifax contributed in no small way to the ...
The B-24 Liberator served as the workhorse of the US armed forces and was used in every theater of war. Under the command of Colonel ...
The C-135 series, along with its civilian counterpart, the Boeing 707, emerged on to the drawing boards of technical design teams at the end of ...
The Hawker Harrier was an incredible aircraft. It was the first operational warplane to dispense with any need for conventional airfields or aircraft carriers, thanks ...
The Hawker Hunter was Britain's first swept-wing jet fighter capable of exceeding the speed of sound. It was a simple, rugged design that was ...
This new book provides a visual guide to every F-15 variant, from the first airframes produced in the early 1970s to the brand new F-15EX ...