Bristol Beaufighter TFX
The prototype flew on 17 July 1939 and the first production Beaufighters were delivered to the Royal Air Force in the following April. The type was the …
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Hawker Tempest V
The Tempest was one of the most powerful high performance fighters to see operational service in World War Two and extended the boundaries of piston-engined powered flight. …
Westland Gazelle HT3
Built 1973 by Westland Helicopters Ltd of Weston-Super Mare in Somerset as a Gazelle HT Mk3, this aircraft is one of 32 Gazelles delivered to the Royal …
Bristol Beaufort VIII
The Bristol Beaufort was the only monoplane produced for the Royal Air Force that was designed from the start to satisfy the dual role of general reconnaissance …
Lockheed Hudson IIIA
The Lockheed Hudson was a military version of the American Lockheed 14 Super Electra airliner and was ordered for the Royal Air Force in June 1938. Hudsons …
Westland Wessex HCC4
The Wessex was a turbine-powered development of the American Sikorsky S58. The initial production version was for the Royal Navy but in the early 1960s the RAF …
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 …
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2
The Phantom formed a major part of the Royal Air Force’s combat aircraft strength for over twenty years and provided the Service with one of the world’s …
Westland Whirlwind HAR 10
Gas turbine powered Whirlwind HAR10 and HC10 helicopters were to form the backbone of the RAF’s search and rescue and tactical transport helicopter force during the 1960s. …
Bristol Sycamore HR14
The Sycamore has the distinction of being the first British-designed helicopter to fly. During the 1950s Sycamore crews helped pioneer many of the helicopter techniques commonly used …
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3
During the early war years the Bf109 was one of the world’s finest single seat fighters. Its basic design provided the potential for it to take new …
Hawker Typhoon 1B
Originally designed as a twelve-gun fighter, the Typhoon was intended to be the successor to the Hurricane. It suffered many development problems both with the airframe and …
British Aircraft Corporation Jet Provost T5A
The Jet Provost T5 was the final development of the first basic trainer in the world to go into service. As military flying development in the 1960s, …
North American Harvard IIB
The North American Harvard trainer was built in greater numbers than most combat aircraft during World War Two, 17096 being produced. By the end of the War …
British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F6
The Lightning was the Royal Air Force’s first truly supersonic aircraft and its introduction immediately doubled maximum speeds in Fighter Command. Such a major advance called for …