Gloster Gladiator Mk I (c/n 40468, formerly K8042 of the Royal Air Force), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2014. Developed by Gloster as a private company venture, the Gladiator […]
The 2024 air show season in Europe is drawing closer and it is perfect time for our second part of news and updates related to aviation events planned for this year. Our first article within […]
In a press release from 8th March 2024, the Royal Air Force announced that on that day, the Red Arrows Aerobatic Team had commenced its 60th diamond display season. On inauguration flight, the team was […]
Westland Lysander Mk III (c/n 1185, formerly R9125 – LX-N and JR-M – of the Royal Air Force), on display at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2014. In 1934, the British […]
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B (c/n B3-14-67, formerly XV865 of the Royal Navy), on display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, June 2014. In June of 1952, the British Admiralty issued specification of a new naval aircraft, […]
Percival Proctor Mk III (c/n H.536, formerly LZ766 of the Royal Air Force and then G-ALCK), on display with Imperial War Museum Duxford, June 2014. In November of 1935, Vega Gull four-seat touring aircraft performed […]
Hawker Nimrod II (c/n 41H-59890, formerly K3661 of the Fleet Air Arm), exhibited at Hangar 2 of the Imperial War Museum Duxford, June 2014. In the middle of 1920s, the Air Ministry began to look […]
De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (c/n 6853, D-IKFG, formerly ´NR777´ of the Royal Air Force and ´D-7´ of the Belgian Air Force), flying display at Medieval Mini Tiger Meet 2023, Neuburg a.d. Donau, July 2023. […]
Heinkel He 162 A-2 Volksjäger (c/n 120227, formerly VN679 of the RAF), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2018. By early 1944, the German aviation authorities slowly began realising that […]
On 3rd November 1915, Flt. Lt. H.F. Towler RNAS, took-off in a Bristol Scout C biplane from the deck of HMS Vindex. It was the first taking-off of a wheeled undercarriage aircraft from a ship […]
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