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Historic
The incredible engineering of the DH.88 Comet
Just 14 years after de Havilland was founded, they made a wooden aircraft that flew from England to Melbourne in just over 70 hours. As this video shows, the design was a thing of beauty.
The de Havilland Tiger Moth
De Havilland started the 1930s with a reliable training aircraft that would have military use right until the end of the ’50s.
Tiger Moth pilots used bricks for bomb training!
It was an unlikely way to prepare a pilot for combat – and, as this video shows – it didn’t quite have the desired outcome…
The story of Bill Lawford
Hayden K Lawford relates the experiences of his father, Royal Flying Corps pilot, Lt E H ‘Bill’ Lawford AF
The Humming Bird: de Havilland's first light aeroplane
Devised for the early days of air racing, the RAF even investigated the possibility of launching Humming Birds from beneath airships…
Military
F-111 capsule ejection system explained
The F-111 had an unusual ejection system about which Lt Col Nick Frasca (ret’d) reveals some remarkable facts
Polish airport near Ukraine border could be key defence support hub
Poland’s Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, located in the southeast of the country just 50 miles from the Ukraine border, could be playing a significant part of the NATO response to the ongoing Russian invasion, with multiple Allied transport aircraft arriving over the past 24 hours
F-111E exercises and weapons detachments
Lt Col Nick Frasca (ret’d) recalls the exercises and weapons detachments he participated in while flying with the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing
Commercial
Airliner World 250: Retro round-up
Over the past 20 years, it
has become quite trendy for airlines to paint their aircraft in ‘Eurowhite’ liveries...
Emerging Senegal: African Aspiration
With state-of-the-art aircraft and plans for expansion, new flag carrier Air Senegal is aiming to avoid the failures of its West African predecessors...
COVID-19: A Letter from America
After ten bountiful years, US airlines started 2020 with renewed optimism...
Flight Simulation
Dreamliner Flight Adventure
This Flight Adventure takes a close look at an aircraft that, despite being a relative newcomer to commercial aviation, continues to set records for innovation and longhaul flying – the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
