Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a: WWI's Nimble Fighter
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was developed by a team of engineers including Henry Folland, John Kenworthy, and Major ...
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The busy Essex airport thousands use every year once a crucial wartime base
The Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps both used Southend Airport as a base during the Great War. In 1933, the ...
Heritage Flight Days At Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Recently, Heritage Flight pilots have been training at Davis-Monthan. The Heritage Flight Training Course at the base ...
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Helmshore Mills to explore Lancashire's forgotten history with 50 Objects exhibition
An exhibition bringing together the amazing items that characterises Lancashire's history, heritage and people is set to open ...
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The abseiling cleaners who dust off old RAF planes
The RAF Museum Midlands is home to a vast collection of former war planes set up inside the site's hangars. Among the displays at the museum, based at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, is the National ...
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RAF returns historic Hurricane and Spitfire warbirds to airshow flying duties
The UK’s RAF has confirmed that its historic Hurricane and Spitfire warbirds will return to airshow flying duties in 2025 ...
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RAF Wedgetail crews preparing for anticipated challenges
Crew members preparing to receive the UK Royal Air Force's (RAF's) three new Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old.