The Vickers Wellington is a British two-engined, long-range medium bomber that became the main medium bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force during the Start of World War II. Here are five facts about this strange bomber: 1. It outlasted many of its 1930’s designed contemporaries The Wellington was designed as early as 1932, meeting […] More
German pilots rained destruction on the Basque town of Guernica, as its residents experienced the most harrowing moments of their lives. Meanwhile, for the Luftwaffe, it was an opportunity to refine their techniques, making them unstoppable. Formidable Force Created just a year before, in 1935, the German Luftwaffe was already shaping itself up to become […] More
There’s no doubt that the F-15 Eagle is one of the most iconic fighter jets of all time. After all, it has been in service with the United States Air Force for over four decades. It had a reputation for being virtually unbeatable when it comes to air-to-air combat and holds a record of having […] More
Classic, Underrated Movie In the movie, The Final Countdown, there was a scene where the Japanese pilot attempted to force the F-14 into the water. The pilot who did the close-to-the-water hammerhead and pull-out was Richard “Fox” Farrell. This daring move led to the F-14 kicking up a significant amount of seawater, which pushed the […] More
Pretty Impressive Stuff In this footage, we get to see the F-35 of RAF Lakenheath carry out a high key low approach, a kind of engine approach in case there’s an engine failure. This means that this is just a simulated approach, and it shows us the approach procedure should an engine failure happen. It’s […] More
Robert Perschitti is a WWII veteran who served in the Navy aboard the USS El Dorado during the fighting in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. 24-year-old YouTuber Rishi Sharma, an avid WWII enthusiast on a mission to meet and interview every living WWII veteran of the Allied countries, filmed an interview back in October 2022 with […] More
Strategic bomber aviation has been a long-time pride of the Soviet and Russian Air Force, and now the time has come for it to enter a new era of warfare. This is the story of the first new Russian bomber after 40 years of silence. Is it a new cutting-edge design or just another expensive […] More
The Latecoere 631 was in every sense a flying behemoth. In the 1930s, transatlantic flights were booming, and in 1936, the Directorate General for Civil Aviation in France issued a specification for a 20-passenger flying boat airliner with a range of 6,000 kilometers. Development In October 1937, Latecoere finalized their new and updated version of […] More
Beloved by its allies and hated by the enemy – this is the story behind Fairchild Republic’s A-10 Thunderbolt II, otherwise known as the Warthog. German Roots The A-10 borrowed a lot of concepts from the Henschel Hs 129 and Junkers Ju-87G, both of which were German WWII aircraft known for their roles as “Tank […] More
When a video about the XP-47J claimed it to be the fastest piston engine fighter ever, it caused a bit of a stir on the internet. There was also a question about the Republic’s claim for the XP-47J, claiming the plane could achieve a top speed of 505 miles per hour. If this were true, […] More
During the Vietnam War, the USAF tapped into their brand new, cutting-edge multi-role fighter to dominate the skies – the iconic F-4C Phantom II. Origins When the McDonnell Douglas’ new Phantom II was introduced in March 1961, it was by far one of the best air-to-air fighters in the US inventory. It also had the […] More
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is a 172-foot-wide jet that has the capacity to sneak past enemy air defenses with the same radar signature of a small bird. As you would’ve expected, spotting one is quite rare since there are only 20 models of this warbird in existence. However, on September 14, 2021, […] More
