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Bell's XP-77 wooden fighter.

Experimental WWII

Bell XP-77 – the Mini Fighter that was Sort of Terrible

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Jake Leigh-Howarth America, american, bell, experimental, fighter, Interceptor, military, model 3, P-77, Pilot, piston, prototype, Test, testing, tests, trials, United States, united states of america, US, USA, v12, war, world war 2, world war two, ww2, wwii, XP-39, xp-77, XV-770

The Bell XP-77 was a flawed American attempt to make a fighter plane made entirely out of alternative materials in

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

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 Daimler Benz DB 601A.

Daimler Benz DB 601 – The German Workhorse

March 10, 2023March 29, 2023 Guy Davey 0 Comments bf 109, db 600, DB 601, engine, german, ww2, wwii

Developed by the German automaker Daimler Benz, the DB 601 was one of the most significant aircraft engines to play

The Me 264 Amerika Bomber.

Me 264 Amerika Bomber – The Transatlanic Warbird

January 25, 2023January 30, 2023 Steve MacGregor 0 Comments bomber, experimental, german, Heavy Bomber, Me 264, messerschmitt, prototype, ww2, wwii

On December 11th 1941, Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States. This was a very strange move on the

The Me 210 was one of many vehicles to use the later DB 601.

Latest News WWII

Me 210 – Worst German Warplane of World War II?

January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 Steve MacGregor 0 Comments aircraft, BF 110, bomber, fighter, german, Heavy fighter, Me 210, Me 410, nightfighter, WW II, ww2

The Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter first entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1937 with the Me 210 first taking

Airfix's Mk IXc Spitfire.

Airfix’s Mk IXc Spitfire is Finally Back in the Skies!

November 23, 2022December 19, 2022 Nathan Cluett aircraft, airfix, fighter, Hurricane, Model, raf, spitfire, ww2, wwii

Airfix is one of the oldest plastic model manufacturing companies that was established in 1939. The company sells a wide

The Messerschmitt Me 262.

Me 262 Schwalbe – Troubled Development

November 14, 2022March 7, 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

Ball Turret

The Ball Turret – a Vertigo Sufferer’s Nightmare

July 25, 2022December 14, 2022 Jesse Beckett b-17, b17, b24, ball turret, bomber, guns, turret, ww2, wwii

A bomber’s ball turret position is often looked at with fear in ones eyes, being suspended underneath a bomber with

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