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The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.

Me 163 Komet – The Rocket-Powered Fighter that Dissolved Pilots

November 17, 2022December 19, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, experimental, fighter, german, ME 163, Rocket, wwii

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was one of the most radical combat aircraft to see service with any nation during

Hawker Hurricane LF636 of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

Hawker Hurricane – The True Hero of the Battle of Britain?

November 16, 2022January 10, 2023 Steve MacGregor Battle of Britain, BF-109, Britain, british, fighter, FW-190, Hurricane, spitfire, World War II, wwii

The Second World War went down as the deadliest war in the history of mankind. This war hosted colossal battles

The Messerschmitt Me 262.

Me 262 Schwalbe – Troubled Development

November 14, 2022January 10, 2023 Vegim Krelani 262, Germany, jet, Jet fighter, jumo, Me-262, messerschmitt, Meteor, ww2, wwii

The Me 262 is one of the great “What Ifs” of World War Two. What if Germany had been able

The Hughes XH-17.

Hughes XH-17 Helicopter – The “Flying Crane”

November 7, 2022January 10, 2023 Steve MacGregor aircraft, Flying Crane, heavy lift, helicopter, Logging, USA

During World War Two, the pace of technological change in military aviation was little short of staggering. another development that

The Hawker Typhoon.

Hawker Typhoon – Deadly to Allies and Axis

October 31, 2022January 10, 2023 Steve MacGregor aircraft, Cannons, fighter, hawker, Rockets, Typhoon, wwii

The Hawker Typhoon “Tiffy,” was a flawed fighter that became an outstanding close-support aircraft. Even before the first Hawker Hurricane

A captured Fw-190

Focke-Wulf Fw-190 – Butcher Bird

September 30, 2022December 14, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, BF-109, bomber, Butcher Bird, fighter, FW 190, Germany, P-51, wwii

When the Second World War began in September 1939, the Luftwaffe had only one front-line, single-seat fighter: the Messerschmitt Bf

The XP-55 Ascender.

Curtiss XP-55 Ascender – The Flawed Fighter

August 12, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth Air Force, aircraft, american, fighter, prototype, U.S., USA, wwii

The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender was an experimental aircraft devised by Curtiss-Wright following a US Army appeal for groundbreaking fighter planes

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter.

Bristol Beaufighter – Night Stalker

August 1, 2022December 14, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, armament, british, fighter, heavy, wwii

During the period between World War One and World War Two a new concept began to emerge in the field

A stuka Ju-87 on the ground

Junkers Ju-87 “Stuka” – Screaming Death

August 1, 2022December 14, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, Blitzkrieg, bomber, Dive bomber, german, wwii

Which was the best German combat aircraft of World War Two? You might pick the Fw-190 fighter. Or the Ju-88

XB-42 in flight

Experimental WWII

Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster – Good Vibrations?

July 30, 2022December 20, 2022 Steve MacGregor aircraft, bomber, experimental, prototype, USA, wwii

During wartime, genuine innovation is surprisingly rare. And this was the case with the XB-42. Rather than creating something entirely