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THE BRIEFING ROOM
XF-103: The Rapier Video
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XF-108: The Rapier Video
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 […]
The Vulcan: God of Fire Video
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 […]
Fighters Compared – Top Gun:1940
In the first part of a major new Aeroplane series, in which we compare five aircraft from specific points in aviation history to establish a clear winner,Donald Nijboer analyses five fighters on the front line in mid-1940.. Since the end of the Second World War the process of assessing and measuring which weapon system was […]