Spanning five decades, it is the longest serving jet fighter that Britain has ever had. From Argentina to Sweden, numerous countries lined up to buy them. A plane that proved itself able to stand-up to and compete with the faster and newer designs. The Hawker Hurricane, it seemed almost got better with age. Relive the […]
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In the minds of American military planners, the promise of intercepting Russian bombers far before they reached the American heartland was simply too appealing to ignore. And hence the long-range Mach 3 “Rapier” was born. As one of the missing ‘century series’ fighters, the XF-108 interceptor had great promise. In the North American tradition, the […]
Designed as the Avro 698 and first flown in August 1952, the Vulcan proved to be the best V-bomber to serve the RAF during the Cold War. With its huge delta wing the Vuclan was easily one of the most recognizable British bombers ever built. As Britain’s frontline nuclear deterrent through the 1950s and early […]
