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Under the Eurofighter’s Hood

Europe’s frontline fighter is a marvel of technology.
May 21, 2012 | By Carl Posey

The prone-pilot Gloster Meteor testbed

Oldies and Oddities: Lying Down on the Job

Piloting in the prone position
September 2011 | By Graham Chandler

A formation of Westland Wapitis flies over the mountainous landscape of the North West Frontier Province In 1933 a Wapiti became the first airplane to fly over Mt Everest

The Bombing of Waziristan

In this rugged hiding place, outlaws like Osama bin Laden are rarely run to ground. The British learned that lesson in 1939.
July 2011 | By Graham Chandler

Sea Harrier landing.  THAT

Oldies & Oddities: The Alraigo Incident

November 2008 | By TIM WRIGHT

A pilot and gunner inspect the Handley.

The Few, the Brave, the Lucky

To face the enemy in World War I, pilots first had to survive flight training.
July 2008 | By Tom LeCompte

A Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC is on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum

Hurricane Walkaround

Aviation historian Ron Dick takes a closer look at an old warbird.
March 01, 2008 | By Diane Tedeschi

Londoners inspect the damage following a night raid. After 57 consecutive nights of German attacks, 375,000 Londoners were left homeless.

Orchestrated Hell

In 1943, CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow took his radio audience along on a RAF bombing mission to Berlin.
May 2006 | By Mark Bernstein

The prototype’s wing had a constant angle of sweep; tests led to a trademark leading edge kink in wings of production craft.

God Save the Vulcan!

The Royal Air Force Vulcan, immense cold war bomber and aerodynamic marvel, has been sentenced to permanent museum exhibition.
January 2004 | By Craig Mellow

The Comet’s sleekly modern look raised the public’s confidence in the new mode of jet-propelled passenger flight. But military and economic uncertainties about the Comet made U.S. politicians nervous.

The Comet Affair

Why the cold war forced the British government to choose between keeping a friend and arming an enemy.
September 2003 | By Jeffrey A. Engel

Fairford Sketchbook

An artist's impression of Europe's largest airshow.
July 2003 | By Illustrations by Harry Whitver

Kurdziel buttons up the Firefly’s beastly 12-cylinder Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. A former U.S. Navy pilot, Kurdziel is today a top gun on the airshow circuit, where his Aussie fighter has bagged a number of coveted trophies for aircraft restoration.

The Champ

From the decks of World War II aircraft carriers to today's airshow circuit-the journey of a Royal Australian Navy Fairey Firefly.
July 2003 | By John Sotham

Air War in the Falklands

Grand miscalculations, unknown odds, miserable weather, vast distances—and unlikely adversaries.
September 2002 | By Carl Posey

Collections: The Riches of East Fortune

January 2001 | By John Sotham


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