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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable geometry wing aircraft. The F-14 was the United States Navy’s primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006. It later performed precision strike missions once it was integrated with the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for [...]

The French Société Pour L’Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) S. XIII evolved as a development of the successful S. VII. SPAD’s Chief designer, Louis Béchereau, slightly enlarged and strengthened the S. VII airframe.
One of the main drawbacks of the S. VII was its inadequate single gun armament. The S.XIII used more powerful Hispano-Suiza engines (the [...]

The P-400, essentially the export version of the P-39D with a Hispano 20 mm cannon providing a higher rate of fire in the nose. In addition to the cannon, the P-400 featured 2 .50 cal mgs in the nose, and 4 .30 cal mgs in the wings. The British intended to order 475, and [...]

The Coventry Ordnance Works (C.O.W.) designed and built in 1915 a small 37 mm cannon capable of firing a 1 pound, and then later 1.5 pound high-explosive shell. Vickers had acquired in the early twenties the rights for this gun and after a proposal to the Air Staff a specification was issued to develop a [...]

This pencil art present on of the several Messerschmitt Bf109E flown by famous German ace Adolf Galland. And this one is Bf109E-4 from JG26 late August 1940, Audembert, France.
Adolf “Dolfo” Joseph Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996) was a World War II German fighter pilot and commander of Germany’s fighter force (General [...]

ILA stands for ‘Internationale Luftfahrt Austellung’ (International Aviation Display) and is a one-week event held every two years. It was held from 27 May until 1 June 2008.

B-25 Mitchell in Red Bull markings
The last two days were used as Public Days with an airshow programme. At earlier years the ILA was at Hanover, but after [...]

In the late 1937 Yugoslavia began to receive first modern warplanes Do17K and Blenheim Mk.I. That was the beginning of the complete modernization of the Yugoslav aviation. The Royal Yugoslavian inventory slowly began to out date as well the front line types were Ikarus BH 33, Fury, IK-2, Breguet XIX, and Potez XXV, via Fokker [...]

Manfred von Richthofen was definitely one of the most prominent person in the WW1. He was top ace and his glory was that great that in his honor aviation unit have his name. So this is no wonder that in many cases first association with some airplane is related to this great pilot. For many [...]

The Paasche Airbrush company is a well known name in Airbrush industry. It is established in 1904 by Jens Andreas Paasche, a gunsmith by trade, and it constantly grows for over a century.
The airbrushes are used by fine artists and photo retouchers, in the Hobby Market for painting planes, trains and automobiles, in the Craft [...]