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Sud-Est SE.2410 Grognard – The Hunchback Plane

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Guy Davey 0 Comments fighter, france, french, Grognard, prototype, Sud-Est, Twin seat

The SNCASE Grognard was a French experimental fighter and ground attack aircraft developed in 1950. The aircraft was designed by

The F7F Tigercat.

The F7F Tigercat was Too Fast for its Own Good

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 Guy Davey

The Grumman F7F Tigercat was a twin-engine fighter aircraft developed by the United States in the latter stages of the

XP-75 engine start.

Experimental WWII

P-75 Eagle – The Unstable Interceptor

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 Guy Davey

The Fisher P-75 Eagle was developed as an interceptor aircraft in response to a specification by the United States Army

Do 24 on water.

Dornier Do 24 – The Plane that fought on all sides

April 20, 2023April 21, 2023 Guy Davey Do-24, Dornier, Maritime patrol, PBY, wwii

The Dornier Do 24 was a three engine flying boat developed in the interwar period by German manufacturer Dornier. Although

The Tacit Blue parked.

Experimental Modern Day

Northrop Tacit Blue – Is this the Weirdest Aircraft Ever Made?

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Guy Davey

The Northrop Tacit Blue was probably one of the most distinctive and unusual looking stealth aircraft to be produced. Usually

Sperrin in flight.

Cold War Experimental

Short Sperrin – The V Bomber that Never Was

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Guy Davey aircraft, atomic, Aviation, Avro, bomber, Britain, british, cold war, experimental, flight, lincoln, Nuclear, nuke, planes, prototype, short, short sperrin, sperrin, testing, trials, V Bomber, Valiant, victor, Vulcan, world war 2, world war two, ww2, wwii

The Short Sperrin was an experimental jet bomber built by the Short Brothers aircraft manufacturer in the 1950s. The Sperrin

A closeup of a Westland Lysander taxiing towards the camera.

Westland Lysander – The Spy Carrier

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Guy Davey aircraft, british, Lysander, Spy plane, Westland

The Westland Lysander was a British-built aircraft that played a crucial role in spotting and intelligence work during the Second

Kalinin bomber taxiing.

Experimental Pioneers

The Kalinin K-7 was a Monster Made of Soviet Steel

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Guy Davey 1930s, airliner, am-34, ant-20, biggest, bomber, engines, k-7, kalinin, kalinin k-7, largest, maxim gorky, mikulin, record, Russia, soviet, soviet union, soviets, tupolev, USSR, war, wings, world war two, ww2, wwii

The Kalinin K-7 was an experimental bomber aircraft designed in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. It was designed

de Havilland DH.103 banking.

The de Havilland Hornet was One of the Fastest Prop Fighters Ever

April 10, 2023April 11, 2023 Guy Davey aircraft, Aviation, bomber, british, de Havilland, fighter, fighter bomber, hornet, merlin, Mosquito, propeller, record, twin engine, war, warplane, weird, world war, world war two, ww2, wwii

The de Havilland Hornet was a twin-engine fighter aircraft produced by the de Havilland aircraft company of Britain. The Hornet

The DH 108.

de Havilland DH 108 Swallow – Deadly Delta

April 5, 2023April 11, 2023 Guy Davey aircraft, british, cold war, DH 108, experimental, fighter, prototype, Swallow, wwii

The de Havilland DH 108 “Swallow” was an experimental prototype jet aircraft designed in response to a specification put out