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De_Havilland Mosquito bomber
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DH 98 Mosquito – The Versatile Wooden Wonder

January 13, 2023January 16, 2023 Steve MacGregor 0 Comments aircraft, bomber, DH 98, fighter, Mosquito, Wooden Wonder, wwii

Some aircraft are created great such as the DH 98 Mosquito. As soon as they roll off the production lines

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The Junkers Ju 52.
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Junkers Ju 52 – The Saga of Iron Annie

January 10, 2023January 11, 2023 Steve MacGregor 0 Comments aircraft, bomber, german, Ju 52, junkers, transport, wwii

The careers of most early airliners and military transport aircraft are generally short. However, there are a few exceptions notably

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Star Ariel was the same model Tudor as this Super Trader.
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The Star Ariel – Another BSAA Disappearance

December 31, 2022December 30, 2022 Steve MacGregor 0 Comments airliner, Bermuda Triangle, MH370, Mystery, passenger, Star Ariel, Tudor

Shortly after the disappearance of the Star Tiger, another BSAA Tudor mysteriously vanished – the Star Ariel. Some aircraft gain

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The Star Leopard was another Tudor IV much like Star Ariel.
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The Star Tiger – A Baffling Aviation Mystery

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Steve MacGregor 0 Comments aircraft, Bermuda Triangle, MH370, Mystery, passenger, Star Tiger

A formal report was conducted after the mysterious disappearance of the British airliner Star Tiger in 1948 and concluded; “It

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There have been many attempts at a 'flying submarine'.
Experimental Latest Pioneers 

The Quest to Build a Flying Submarine

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 Steve MacGregor 0 Comments aircraft, experimental, Flying Submarine, prototype, russian, Sea, Submarine, Under water

In 1961 kids (and some adults) around the world were introduced to the concept of a vehicle that could both

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He 177 ‘Flying Tinderbox’
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Heinkel He 177 Greif – Innovation Comes at a Price

December 4, 2022December 16, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, bomber, german, Greif, He 177, wwii

In the period between the wars, the concept of strategic bombing gained supporters who believed that this would be a

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The Northrop P-61 Black Widow.
WWII 

Northrop P-61 Black Widow – A Deadly Bite

December 3, 2022December 16, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, Black Widow, fighter, Night, Night fighter, P-61, Spider, USA

One notable development during World War Two was the growing night air war and the development of aircraft for this

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Avro Lancastrian
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Avro 691 Lancastrian – The Very First Jet Airliner

November 30, 2022December 16, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, airliner, bomber, Civil aviation, experimental, jet, prototype

Which was the first jet airliner to make an international flight? The Avro 961 Lancastrian. You might think that would

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A captured Bf 110 in RAF Service.
WWII 

Messerschmitt Bf 110 – Harmless by Day, Lethal by Night

November 21, 2022December 20, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, Cannons, fighter, Germany, Heavy fighter, Night fighter, wwii

The Bf 110 was created to fulfill an entirely new role dreamed up by Herman Goering’s Luftwaffe, the long-range, heavily

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The Fw 200 Condor.
WWII 

Fw 200 Condor – The Airliner that went to War

November 18, 2022January 10, 2023 Steve MacGregor aircraft, airliner, Condor, FW 200, transport, wwii

German aviation designer Kurt Tank is best known for the fighters he created for Focke-Wulf, but he was also responsible

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McDonnell XF-88B Voodoo.
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McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo – Piston and Jet Power?

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Jake Leigh-Howarth 0

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

The Nakajima G8N.
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G8N Renzan – Japan’s Long-Range Colossus

January 16, 2023January 17, 2023 Jake Leigh-Howarth 0
De_Havilland Mosquito bomber
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DH 98 Mosquito – The Versatile Wooden Wonder

January 13, 2023January 16, 2023 Steve MacGregor 0
The MiG-105-11a parked at a museum.
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MiG-105 – The Aborted Soviet Spaceplane  

January 11, 2023January 12, 2023 Jake Leigh-Howarth 0

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