STAY CALM! “All beauty is founded on the laws of natural forms.” – John Ruskin, The Lamp of Beauty “The U.K.’s perception of beauty is totally out of whack.” – Gok Wan You were asked to vote for the ...

Unlikely as it is, the main competitor of the F-35 is the Saab Gripen-E. These two fighter types, are as different as they could get, one akin to a bulky people carrier, the other a stripped-down ...

UPDATE: ONLY 38 copies left….NOW that is a deal: The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes is STILL half price for Black Friday ...

The attack helicopter is costly and complex to operate, yet it is taking a mauling in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia's full-scale invasion attempt of Ukraine starting in 2022 has shown both ...

The debate on single versus twin engines for fighter aircraft continues. Paul Stoddart* follows Gen Chuck Horner and David Baker, PhD into the ring. The choice of engine is a fundamental design driver ...

Moggy The specific Hawker Typhoon scheme chosen was a decision made by the Air Historical Branch but it was an identifiable aircraft that flew during D-Day and has a story, being flown by Sqn Ldr ...

Return of the High-Level Bomber Credit: Northrop Grumman Stephen Liddle looks into the surprisingly long story that led to the first flight of the most advanced heavy bomber the world has ever seen.

The key strand running behind the Tigershark story is the FX program. FX (Fighter eXport) was a result of a decision by the Carter Administration in 1977 that sales of US front-line equipment would be ...

MY LAST big cross-country with the F-104 was supposed to take place on July 9, 1982. That Friday I wanted to fly with my significantly more experienced comrade Georg (Schorse) Lange from Eggebek to ...

Credit: mil.in.ua Russia’s savage aggression against Ukraine has revealed much about the state of Russia’s combat air capabilities. We asked Guy Plopsky to take a deeper look. Which Russian Aerospace ...

In the first of a series of articles presenting cases for the best fighter aircraft of World War II, we start with Jim Smith’ s case for the Messerchmitt Bf 109. Let us know your thoughts in the ...

Aerospace Engineer Joe Wilding examines why the Mustang was so good. “ I want to start with an embarrassing confession. With a lifelong obsession with aircraft and a few decades of experience ...