Hawker Hurricane

Sydney Camm designed the Hawker Hurricane

Sydney Camm designed the Hawker Hurricane

Hawker Hurricane Mk1

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Roy Chadwick

Roy Chadwick

Roy Chadwick, CBE, (Born April 30th 1893, Died August 23rd 1947) was an aircraft designer for Avro. Born at Marsh Hall Farm, Farnworth, Widnes, son of the mechanical engineer Charles Chadwick, he was the Chief Designer for the Avro Company and was responsible for practically all of their aeroplane d........

Bell UH-1 Huey Helicopter

Bell UH-1 Huey Helicopter

The UH-1N is a light-lift utility helicopter used to support Air Force Space Command missile wings and groups. The helicopter has a number of uses including Airlift of emergency security and disaster response forces.

AGM-129A Cruise Missile

AGM-129A Cruise Missile

The AGM-129A is a subsonic, turbofan-powered, air-launched cruise missile. It is harder to detect, and has greater range and accuracy than the AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile.

Martin Matador TM-61A

Martin Matador TM-61A

The Martin Matador became the first operational missile of the US Airforce in 1951. It remained in service until 1962, and was deployed overseas in West Germany, Taiwan and Korea

Gloster Meteor - early development

Gloster Meteor - early development

The early story of the Gloster Meteor is interwined with British efforts to develop turbojet engines. The Gloster Meteor was the first operational British jet fighter, and the only Allied jet fighter to see combat in World War II. The Meteor served in the postwar period with many different air s........

North American XB-70 Valkyrie

North American XB-70 Valkyrie

After World War II, the US Air Force's (USAF) strategic bombers grew ever more capable, each reaching higher altitudes and greater speeds than its predecessor. By the late 1950s, the USAF was planning to develop a "super-bomber", the North American "B-70", that would be built........

BAC (EE) Lightning - Part 2

BAC (EE) Lightning - Part 2

During the 1950s, the British English Electric (later BAC) firm developed Britain's first (and in a sense last) operational Mach 2 fighter. A powerful and impressive aircraft that was restricted by limited endurance and armament, it went into service as an "interim solution" in the ear........

B-58 Hustler

B-58 Hustler

The rapid development of American supersonic combat aircraft in the 1950s inevitably led to the development of a supersonic strategic bomber, the "B-58 Hustler". As it turned out, a Mach 2 bomber was not a particularly practical idea; the B-58 was produced only in small numbers and did........

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