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Aircraft from the Cold War era.

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Cold War Modern Day 

General Dynamics F-16 – The Rebirth of the Dogfighter

September 16, 2022December 14, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, cold war, fighter, Fightning Falcon, USA, Viper

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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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25.
Cold War Modern Day 

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 – The Fastest Soviet Jet Fighter

September 15, 2022December 30, 2022 Vegim Krelani aircraft, cold war, fighter, Foxbat, Foxhound, Interceptor, russian, soviet, Speed

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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The Panavia Tornado.
Cold War Modern Day 

Panavia Tornado – The Tonka; Big, Fast, Loud and Low

September 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, attacker, bomber, cold war, fighter, german, Italian, Panavia, Tonka, Tornado

In aviation, as in just about everything else, some trends briefly become popular and then seem to disappear completely. One

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The Lockheed F-117A Stealth Fighter.
Cold War Modern Day 

F-117 Nighthawk – The Stealth Fighter that’s Actually a Bomber

September 7, 2022December 14, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, bomber, fighter, invisible, Lockheed, Stealth, USA

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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The SC.1
Cold War 

Short SC.1 – Barely VTOL

September 6, 2022December 20, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, cold war, experimental, Harrier, Jump Jet, prototype, V/STOL, 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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The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark.
Cold War 

F-111 Aardvark – Fighter Style Bomber Destruction

September 3, 2022December 14, 2022 Vegim Krelani Aardvark, aircraft, cold war, F-14, fighter, Swing Wing, US

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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The Convair XFY-1 Pogo.
Cold War 

Convair XFY-1 Pogo – The Grandfather of VTOL Flight

August 24, 2022December 14, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, experimental, prototype, Vertical, VTOL

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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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 Avro Canada VZ-9AV
Cold War Experimental 

VZ-9AV Avrocar – Mach 4 Flying Saucer

August 22, 2022January 10, 2023 Steve MacGregor aircraft, cold war, experimental, Flying Saucer, prototype, UFO

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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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

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The MiG-105-11a parked at a museum.
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