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The Kaman K-MAX.
Modern Day 

Kaman K-MAX Helicopter – Function over Form

October 27, 2022December 20, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, Cargo, helicopter, K-MAX, Logger, Logging

The K-MAX is one of the most versatile load-carrying helicopters available and is famed for the distinctive ‘servo-flap’ configuration of

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The Convair XF-92.
Cold War 

The Convair XF-92 – The Delta-Wing Pioneer 

October 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, cold war, Delta, Delta wing, experimental, USA, XF-92

The Convair XF-92 was the first serious attempt to incorporate delta wings, typically angled at 60 degrees, into the layout

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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.
Modern Day 

C-5 Galaxy – The Big Daddy

September 20, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, Cargo, Galaxy, heavy lift, USA

The C-5 Galaxy is a huge heavy cargo-lifting airplane the length of an American football field and as high as

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The AH-64 Apache.
Modern Day 

AH-64 Apache – Overwhelming Firepower

September 9, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, Apache, Attack, cold war, gunship, helictoper, Modern, USA

The AH-64, designated ‘Apache’ by the US Army in line with their tradition of naming their choppers after Native Indian

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Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor.
Modern Day 

The F-22 Raptor – The Fighter of the Future

September 8, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, f-22, fighter, future, raptor, Stealth, USA

In modern warfare, achieving unchallenged air supremacy is the most important requirement to win any battle. This is what the

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The Airbus A380.
Modern Day 

Airbus A380 – The Boeing 747 Nemesis

September 2, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth 747, A380, Airbus, airliner, Holiday, large, Modern, passenger, Rolls royce

The Airbus A380 was the first serious competitor to Boeing’s iconoclastic 747 series, which dominated commercial air travel in the

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The A-10's GAU-8 Avenger is massive.
Modern Day 

A-10 Tankbuster – The Plane Built Around a Gun

August 31, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, american, Buster, CAS, Close air support, cold war, Ground Attack, Tank

The A-10 Tankbuster is about as big as its name suggests, so called because of its fearsome reputation as an

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The X-32B.
Experimental Modern Day 

Boeing X-32 – So Ugly it Failed

August 26, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, cold war, experimental, fighter, prototype, USA, X-32

The Boeing X-32 was an experimental aircraft that was developed by Boeing to compete in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

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The Bristol 188
Cold War 

Bristol 188 – Britain’s SR-71

August 23, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, british, cold war, experimental, fighter, prototype

The Bristol 188, known as ‘The Flaming Pencil’, was an experimental aircraft commissioned by the British government with the sole

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The Martin JRM Mars.
Cold War 

Martin JRM Mars – The World’s Best Firefighter

August 22, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, cold war, flying boat, Sea, wwii

It was August 1938 when the US Navy first commissioned Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company to build for them a

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The McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo was a proposed long-range strike fighter and bomber escort that was entered into the Penetration Fighter

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