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About the Aircraft: During the 1960s and 70s, the sheer variety of aircraft in service with the Royal Air Force must have made this an incre...
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The F4F Wildcat was the US Navy's primary carrier borne fighter aircraft at the start of the Second World War. Characterised by its stubby a...
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Held in extremely high regard by the British public, the distinctive yellow Search and Rescue Sea King HAR.3 helicopters of the Royal Air For...
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An aircraft which has been responsible for training thousands of pilots and allowing thousands more to enjoy experience flights, the Chipmunk to...
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RAF Beaufort crews were tasked with flying some of the most dangerous attack missions of the Second World War, with their aircraft often flying i...
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By 1943, the RAF needed a dedicated ground attack fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role. The powerful engine allowed the aircraft to carr...
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As the least effective of the RAFs interceptor fighters at the start of the Battle of Britain, it is interesting to note that the Boulton Paul Def...
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As the battle hardened, Bf109 fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe began operations against Britain following the Dunkirk evacuation and they wer...
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Historically positioned as Britain's first jet-powered fighter to enter service, the Gloster Meteor played a significant role in the air defe...
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Well-suited for amphibious warfare and the tactical insertion of ground troops, the 'Commando' was an important variant of the Sea King. It wa...
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The reconnaissance Spitfire PR.XIX was unarmed but could fly at 370mph at 40,000 feet and had a range of 1500 miles. Mk.XIX Spitfires represen...
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A significant post-war achievement for Britain's aviation industry, the Bristol Belvedere was a highly capable, tandem-rotor, heavy-lift helicopte...
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The first Curtiss Tomahawk fighters to arrive in Britain during the Second World War operated in the tactical reconnaissance role and ...
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The end of the Second World War saw victorious Allied nations desperately attempting to secure details of German jet technology and high-spee...
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For most RAF pilots serving between 1960 and 1988, the Hunting Aircraft (BAC) Jet Provost is extremely familiar. Forming the backbone of RAF ...
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In what would often be a very personal dual fought in the skies above Europe between airmen from Allied and Axis air forces, the struggle for ...
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The ultimate 'clash of eagles', which came to represent the struggle for aerial supremacy during the Second World War, was undoubtedly conteste...
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The Junkers Ju87 Stuka quickly became one of the most infamous, and feared weapons of the Second World War. The two-man dive bomber first saw actio...
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A gleaming silver steed flown by the most capable and intrepid young men Britain could call upon, the Bristol Bulldog was one of the mo...
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An aircraft which possibly underlines the capabilities of the modern helicopter more effectively than any other type, the mighty Boeing ...
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The Gloster Gladiator was developed from the Gloster Gauntlet as a private venture and represented both the peak and the end of the bipl...
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The importance of the role air power played in the months leading up to D-Day cannot be overstated, with the Allied powers knowing that secu...
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The Mk XII was the first production version of the Spitfire to use the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. The Griffon was a devlopment of the 'R' spri...
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When the Japanese Zero first entered service in 1940, it was without doubt the most advanced naval fighter in the world and quickly earned a...
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As the North American Mustang was developed as a direct result of a British Air Ministry requirement, it is somehow fitting that the RAF and...
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About the Aircraft: When the diminutive Messerschmitt Bf109 entered service in February 1935, it was one of the most advanced aircraft in th...
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The second of America's great four-engined heavy bombers of the Second World War, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator began development after th...
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When the diminutive Messerschmitt Bf109 entered service in February 1935, it was one of the most advanced aircraft in the world, clearly her...
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Designed initially to replace the Hawker Hurricane as the complementary high-altitude fighter to the Supermarine Spitfire, the Tphoon instead...
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From the perspective of a student pilot, the de Havilland Tiger Moth was a relatively stable and forgiving aircraft to fly, possessing few handling...
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Ordered straight from the drawing board this aircraft had been overtaken by fighter development by the outbreak of the Second World War. The ...
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Entering RAF service some seven years after it had with the Royal Navy, the Blackburn Company received an initial order for 26 new aircraft, ...
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In many respects, the Gloster Meteor could be regarded as Britain's jet powered equivalent of the Spitfire, the first of a new breed of fight...
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The most capable medium bomber of the day was the twin-engine Vickers Wellington, which first flew in 1936 and entered RAF service with No.99...
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The English Electric Lightning was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft of the Cold War era, noted for its great speed. It is the only all-Briti...
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Still a familiar sight at airfields all over the world, the de Havilland Tiger Moth primary trainer made its first flight back in 1931 and provided...
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