General Dynamics F-16 – The Rebirth of the Dogfighter
This is the story of the Fighter Mafia and the birth of the aircraft they envisaged: the General Dynamics F-16
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Cold War
Aircraft from the Cold War era.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 – The Fastest Soviet Jet Fighter
The MiG-25 AKA the Foxbat remains one of the most intimidating Soviet aircraft ever produced. The huge size of the
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Panavia Tornado – The Tonka; Big, Fast, Loud and Low
In aviation, as in just about everything else, some trends briefly become popular and then seem to disappear completely. One
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F-117 Nighthawk – The Stealth Fighter that’s Actually a Bomber
The idea for a stealth aircraft like the F-117 started in 1935 when the eminent Scottish radio physicist Robert Watson-Watt
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Short SC.1 – Barely VTOL
The notion of aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) is as old as the idea of aviation itself
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F-111 Aardvark – Fighter Style Bomber Destruction
The General Dynamics F-111 was the pioneer of many technological advancements in fighter aircraft. The F-111 would become the first
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Convair XFY-1 Pogo – The Grandfather of VTOL Flight
In the years following World War Two, the idea of military aircraft capable of vertical take-ff and landing (VTOL) began
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Bristol 188 – Britain’s SR-71
The Bristol 188, known as ‘The Flaming Pencil’, was an experimental aircraft commissioned by the British government with the sole
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Martin JRM Mars – The World’s Best Firefighter
It was August 1938 when the US Navy first commissioned Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company to build for them a
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VZ-9AV Avrocar – Mach 4 Flying Saucer
The VZ-9AV Avro was without a doubt, a flying saucer, but this phrase was not coined until June 1947. A
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