Spitfire AR501
Michael Burns charts the crowded history of the Shuttlesworth’s Spitfire V AR501. ‘Flypast’ artist Bill Bennett produced the superb cutaway. SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK V, AR501 was built in 1942 as […]
Bristol Beaufighter
History: As the 1930s proceeded, aeronautical technology was developing at a pace which numerous British companies had been unable to fully grasp. The Bristol Aeroplane Company had taken its […]
Czech Spitfires II
Rare colour footage of the Czechoslovak Spitfire Wing at Exeter, around mid to late 1942. .. . .
Czech Spitfires I
Rare colour footage of the Czechoslovak Spitfire Wing at Exeter, around mid to late 1942.
Duxford 2010
Scenes from Duxford 2010 to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and sights and sounds as well! Another article on this day at Duxford is here . […]
de Havilland Mosquito
History: The Mosquito was a twin engine fast fighter bomber, with an airframe that was largely constructed in a composite of wood layers and adhesive. Its history can be related […]
Consolidated B24 Liberator
History: The Liberator, commonly referred to simply by its model number ‘B24’ was an American four engine heavy bomber, carrying a crew of at least 7, developed by the Consolidated […]
Spitfires, Hurricanes and Czechs
When I was younger, I used to attend a couple of air displays each year in pursuance of my lifelong interest in aviation. But it’s been six years since I […]
Vickers Wellington
History: The Wellington (nicknamed the ‘Wimpey’) was a twin engine medium bomber, in service with the RAF at the outset of WW2, carrying a crew of six. It was […]
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire
History: The Spitfire was the inspired design by Reginald J Mitchell, a young engineer who completed his apprenticeship in a Stoke-on-Trent locomotive works, in search of the stimulation offered […]
