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The MiG-23’s predecessor, the MiG-21 (NATO reporting name ‘Fishbed’), was fast and agile, but limited in its operational capabilities by its primitive radar, short range, and limited weapons load (restricted in some aircraft to a pair of short-range air-to-air missiles). The MiG-23 was to be a heavier, more powerful machine designed to remedy these deficiencies, [...]

To defend its neutrality during the second world war, Sweden faced the problem that they could not easily order fighters from other countries. In the U.S.A. they had ordered a number of modern Consolidated Vultee Model 48 fighters. However, the United States placed an export ban on these planes. As a result Sweden had to [...]

Latest book published by Geromy is a monograph dedicated to the Fokker D-VII fighter. Being the best German fighter, it was transported after the end of the war from Germany by train in large numbers to the Netherlands by Anthony Fokker. It saw service in countries like Switzerland, Denmark and Russia, but most book details [...]

The XF8B-1 made its first flight on 28 November 1944 with Boeing test pilot Robert Lamson at the controls. The second prototype was ready for flight testing on 13 February 1945. However, during the initial trials it was nearly lost when the plane started to oscillate at the moment the both main wheels were retracted. [...]

Duxford is an excellent museum and must rate as one of the best aircraft museums in the world, it is located in Cambridgeshire and was an active airfield during the Second World War. The famous pilot Douglas Bader was based at Duxford also the film Battle of Britain was filmed here.
Followingg airplanes are present on [...]

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 [...]

During the short war against Yugoslavia in 1941, German have sent many recognizance missions in the depth of the Yugoslav territory. Yugoslav pilot managed few interceptions as well shot down of the aircraft. Scene here, named “Plamen nad Sumadijom”, show one scene where is German airplane Henschel Hs126 being downed by Yugoslav fighter Hawker Hurricane.

Hawker [...]

In the mid of thirties Yugoslav aviation operated with the modern airplane of the period but it’s time were slowly running out. All other foreigner air forces was similarly equipped with biplanes but they looking forward for their replacement in close future with all metal monoplanes with retractable undercarriage. A plan for modernization of VV [...]

Honor to become first European sweep wing fighter belong to the Swedish plane SAAB J-29. Tunnan.
In the wake of the Second World War it was decided that Sweden needed a strong air defense and it should be built around the hottest new technology around, jet engines. Project “JxR” began in the final months of December [...]