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Legendary German Ace Adolf Galland tells story of when He nearly Burned to Death after his Messerschmitt Bf 109 was badly damaged by a RAF Spitfire

Aviation History / Military Aviation

Legendary German Ace Adolf Galland tells the story of when He nearly Burned to Death after his Messerschmitt Bf 109 was badly damaged by a RAF Spitfire

Mar 25 2022

Dario Leone

The Dogfight where Italian Macchi C.202 Fighters damaged the Spitfire of Future ranking Malta ace Sgt George Beurling

Mar 18 2022

Dario Leone

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Military Aviation

Hangar 51 company buys Thunder City collection of Ex-Military Jets and aims to use it for Adversary Air Services

Feb 19 2022

Dario Leone

Time to cry because it's ended: Vulcan XH558 to start her engines for one last time on Nov. 20 before being put to sleep forever

Airshows / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Vulcan Experience unable to progress due to fundraising shortfall

Feb 3 2022

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Military Aviation

USAF B-1B, F-15Es and RAF F-35B conduct Joint Flypasts over RAF Lakenheath and RAF Duxford for Eighth Air Force 80th Anniversary

Feb 2 2022

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

WWII Canadian Pilot Jimmy Abbotts had his parachute hooked on the radio mast while bailing out from his stricken Spitfire. Yet he survived because the Spitfire landed by itself.

Jan 22 2022

David OMalley

Aviation History / Military Aviation

High Flight: the story of WW II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee and of how The Most Famous Aviation Poem is Born

Dec 25 2021

William Cobb

The story of the “Messerspit:” when Germans fitted a Spitfire with a DB 605A, they found it was better than the Merlin Version.

Aviation History / Military Aviation

During World War II Germans re-engined a Spitfire with a DB 605A. It was found to be better than the Merlin version.

Dec 18 2021

Dario Leone

Military Aviation

RAF Typhoon shot down Terrorist drone in Syria scoring both the First Eurofighter Kill and the First Kill for the ASRAAM

Dec 17 2021

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Military Aviation

During a British raid over the Ruhr in 1943 a Luftwaffe night fighter shot down a RAF Halifax. The resulting huge blast shot down two RAF Stirlings too.

Dec 14 2021

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Exercise Skyshield: the day RAF Vulcan strategic bombers fooled American and Canadian interceptors and penetrated NORAD’s massive surveillance system

Dec 10 2021

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Did you know the navigator’s station in Canberra PR.9 was one of the most uncomfortable crew stations ever designed?

Nov 25 2021

Dario Leone

Civil Aviation / Military Aviation

RAF Tornado F3 pilot tells the story of when he was near scrambled to intercept an Air France Concorde flying at Mach 1.6 over the Falklands

Nov 15 2021

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of the RAF Tornado F3s that failed to engage an Iraqi Mirage F1 attacking two USAF A-10s during Operation Desert Storm

Nov 4 2021

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

Aviation History / Military Aviation

Camel pilots explain why the iconic Sopwith fighter was a formidable weapon in the right hands but unforgiving with students

Oct 31 2021

Dario Leone

Lightning Vs Spitfire: why the iconic Mach 2 interceptor struggled to win mock dogfights against the legendary WWII plane during the trial flights conducted by the RAF between the two types

Oct 13 2021

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

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James Bond is a naval officer. Now Daniel Craig is too. But the only 007 actor to actually have served in the Royal Navy was Able Seaman Sean Connery.

Sep 24 2021

Dario Leone

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Royal Air Force

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Legendary German Ace Adolf Galland tells the story of when He nearly Burned to Death after his Messerschmitt Bf 109 was badly damaged by a RAF Spitfire

The Dogfight where Italian Macchi C.202 Fighters damaged the Spitfire of Future ranking Malta ace Sgt George Beurling

Hangar 51 company buys Thunder City collection of Ex-Military Jets and aims to use it for Adversary Air Services

Vulcan Experience unable to progress due to fundraising shortfall

USAF B-1B, F-15Es and RAF F-35B conduct Joint Flypasts over RAF Lakenheath and RAF Duxford for Eighth Air Force 80th Anniversary

WWII Canadian Pilot Jimmy Abbotts had his parachute hooked on the radio mast while bailing out from his stricken Spitfire. Yet he survived because the Spitfire landed by itself.

High Flight: the story of WW II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee and of how The Most Famous Aviation Poem is Born

During World War II Germans re-engined a Spitfire with a DB 605A. It was found to be better than the Merlin version.

RAF Typhoon shot down Terrorist drone in Syria scoring both the First Eurofighter Kill and the First Kill for the ASRAAM

During a British raid over the Ruhr in 1943 a Luftwaffe night fighter shot down a RAF Halifax. The resulting huge blast shot down two RAF Stirlings too.

Exercise Skyshield: the day RAF Vulcan strategic bombers fooled American and Canadian interceptors and penetrated NORAD’s massive surveillance system

Did you know the navigator’s station in Canberra PR.9 was one of the most uncomfortable crew stations ever designed?

RAF Tornado F3 pilot tells the story of when he was near scrambled to intercept an Air France Concorde flying at Mach 1.6 over the Falklands

The story of the RAF Tornado F3s that failed to engage an Iraqi Mirage F1 attacking two USAF A-10s during Operation Desert Storm

Camel pilots explain why the iconic Sopwith fighter was a formidable weapon in the right hands but unforgiving with students

Lightning Vs Spitfire: why the iconic Mach 2 interceptor struggled to win mock dogfights against the legendary WWII plane during the trial flights conducted by the RAF between the two types

James Bond is a naval officer. Now Daniel Craig is too. But the only 007 actor to actually have served in the Royal Navy was Able Seaman Sean Connery.

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