Avro 504K

The Avro 504k is one of the greatest training aircraft ever built. It was used to equip training units first in the Royal Flying Corps and later …

Bristol Britannia 312

Designed to a 1947 specification for a medium-range airliner for the British Overseas Airways Corporation, the Britannia prototype made its first flight on 16 August 1952. A …

de Havilland Chipmunk

de Havilland produced another classic with the replacement for their world famous Tiger Moth. The Chipmunk was designed and produced in Canada before being adopted as the …

Hawker Hunter FGA9

The Hunter was the first high-speed jet fighter with radar and fully-powered flying controls to go into widespread service with the Royal Air Force. It was one …

Junkers Ju87G-2

The Ju87 was one of the most feared aircraft during World War Two. Its fixed undercarriage and cranked wing gave the Ju87 an evil appearance and the …

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 21PF

The MiG-21 was the first Soviet fighter capable of flying faster than twice the speed of sound and is an iconic aircraft of the Cold War years. …

Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly 1

Though only 133 Hoverfly 1s were built, the type holds a significant place in the history of both the Royal Air Force and the United States Army …

Vickers Varsity T Mk I

The Varsity was a versatile twin piston-engined aircraft brought into RAF service in 1951 for crew training as a replacement for the Wellington T10. The aircraft had …

Avro Anson 1

The Avro Anson was slow, cold and noisy and is the most famous British aircrew trainer of all time. Used in huge numbers, ‘Faithful Annie’ is remembered …

Bristol Bulldog MkIIA

The Bristol Bulldog was the RAF fighter of the early 1930s. Air show crowds thrilled to its smoke-trail aerobatics at Hendon in the late twenties; to the …

de Havilland Devon

The Devon aircraft was developed for the RAF from the civil de Havilland Dove 4 as a light communications and transport aircraft. The de Havilland Dove was …

Hawker Hunter T7A

This was a dual-control training version of the classic single-seat Hunter, the first prototype Hunter trainer flying in July 1955, and featured side-by-side seating for the student …

Junkers Ju88R-1

The Ju88 was the most versatile German combat aircraft in World War Two. It began life as a bomber, became a night fighter and intruder; undertook anti-shipping …

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis

The MiG-15 was extremely simple although advanced in concept. It had a better rate of climb, ceiling and high-altitude radius of turn than any Allied jet aircraft …