The A10 Warthog Will Not Be Retired After All!
Known to its many admirers as ‘The Warthog’, the US Air Force’s A10 Thunderbolt is essentially a flying gun. The A10 carries the 30mm GAU-8…
Gary Powers – Not A Cold War Hero To All Americans
Gary Powers became (in)famous as the American spy-plane pilot who was shot down by the Russians, in 1960. In 1957, American President Dwight D. Eisenhower…
RAF Veteran On Stand-by With Vulcan Bomber During Cuban Missile Crisis
A Royal Air Force veteran has claimed to have been aboard a plane carrying atomic weapon during the Cuban Missile Crisis Geoff Bainbridge joined the…
Automakers and the Arsenal of Democracy Reveals Chrysler’s World War Two Contribution (Watch)
U.S. car maker Chrysler was a crucial manufacturer of tanks and vehicles for the US Army during World War Two. Now, the story of how…
Widow of Douglas Bader – Fighter Ace – Dies Aged 97
Douglas Bader was one of those rare people who become a legend in their own lifetime. Born in London in February 1910, he decided to…
Top 10 Monsters of the Sky
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
Dambusters Pilot Distinguished Flying Cross Auctioned To Fund New Dam in Africa
A World War Two medal earned by one of the pilots in the famous Allied Dambusters raids has been sold at auction with the proceeds…
Incredible images Reveal PBY Catalina Wreck Lost In Attack On Pearl Harbor
At 7:55 on the morning of Sunday 7th December 1941, Japanese carrier-borne aircraft launched an unprovoked attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor,…
Tuskegee Airmen’s Flight Instructor Dies at Age 96
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War Two became famous for their efforts as the first Army Air Force African-American squadron. Now one of their last surviving flight…
Looking Back On The Hunt For The Buried Spitfires
Some years ago an aircraft enthusiast got media coverage around the world by claiming the existence of a mysterious Spitfire burial ground in Myanmar, which…
The Guinea Pig club – Second World War club For Burns Victims
“Sometimes you wonder if it had been better if you had been killed instantly rather than suffer the agonizing pain caused by severe burns to…
World War Two crew remains uncovered in Malaysia
Researchers have begun the daunting task of retrieving the remains of two World War Two crew who were killed when their plane crashed in Malaysia.…