The Fairey Battles of the (Belgian) Aéronautique Militaire
In April 1937, the “Services de l’Aéronautique du Ministère de la Défense Nationale” ordered for 16 Battles to Fairey. There...
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P-40N in the Netherlands Indies
Among the vast number of operators of the P-40 was 120 squadron of the Royal Australian Airforce. This squadron was...
Ryan XF2R-1 Dark Shark
Side view of the Dark Shark in front of Ryan's flight hangar at San Diego. Introduction With the operational introduction...
Sea Hawk, the aftermath
The story of the Hawker P.1052 and P.1081 Introduction: The P.1052 VX272 during the initial flight phase in bare metal...
Seahawk – the first Hawker jet fighter
Hawker Sea Hawk Mk.100 Kriegsmarine Introduction: As early as 1944 Hawker's design bureau, headed by Sidney Camm, started with a...
Ryan FR-1/FR-4 Fireball
A rare colour shot of the XFR-1 Fireball prototype with its original small tail Introduction With the arrival of the...
Nakajima J9Y-1 Kikka
The first Kikka prototype before its first flight Introduction: The first Japanese jet plane was a design from the Nakajima...
The lost Battle!
Battle prototype K4303 in flight fitted with a propeller spinner. The spinner was soon removed and all next Battles flew...
British Strange Apparatus
Introduction: As we have seen in yhe articles on Russian and French aviation designers sometimes created contraptions that were quite...
