Westland Lysander Mk III
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 […]
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 […]
On 8th December 1938, the only German aircraft carrier ´Graf Zeppelin´ was launched in Kiel. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, expansion of the Kriegsmarine (the German Navy) became one of the priorities […]
Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan (c/n 4616, formerly 42-37620 USAAF, N15KK), flying display at Mini Tiger Meet 2023, Neuburg a.d. Donau, July 2023. In the late 1930s, the Beech Aircraft company developed a new, all-metal light aeroplane, […]
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 […]
Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA (c/n 7446, formerly G-ABBB), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2018. At the beginning of the 1920s, the Royal Air Force fighter tactics were focused on […]
On 26th May 1941, Fairey Swordfish aircraft launched from HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier hit German battleship Bismarck with two torpedoes, damaging her stern and making the ship unmanoeuvrable. The story of pursuit of one […]
North American P-51D-30-NT Mustang (c/n 124-48248, OO-PSI, formerly NZ2406 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force), shortly after arrival to Hangar 3 / Classic Trainers association at Plzeň-Líně airfield, May 2023. At the beginning of […]
On 12th May 1940, Boulton Paul Defiant fighter performed its first operational sortie. On that day, six aircraft of that type, together with six Spitfires, executed a combat patrol over the English Channel and coastal […]
On 14th April 1929, Edwin Albert Link submitted his initial patent application for ´Combination training device for student aviators and entertainment apparatus´. It was approved in September of 1931 and led to creation of the […]
On 24th February 1935, the first prototype of German heavy bomber Heinkel He 111 performed its maiden flight at Rostock-Marienehe. The Heinkel He 111 bomber and its development can serve as an example of German […]
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