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The Forgotten Giants of the Sky: Fairey’s Passenger Airliner Designs from the Late 1930s to the Late 1940s. Part 1
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All parts of the article   Contents: Editor’s Foreword: By the mid-1930s, chaos reigned in the world of British civil aviation: outdated ...

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The Tachikawa Ki-94 II (航空機 キ94 II), a Japanese superfighter that arrived too late for the war
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  Unlike the Eastern Front, where most air battles took place at medium or low altitudes (sometimes even just above the ground), air battles in ...

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A Revolutionary Jet Aircraft: The Riffard-Mallard Interceptor Project
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This article is being posted on the website as a follow-up to the topic of the missile interceptor project discussed in the article “The Riffard RM-1 RDP ...

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The F-117, German-Style: How Germany Nearly Built the World's First Stealth Fighter in the 1980s
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While the U.S. was feverishly working on its “stealth” program in the 1970s and 1980s, creating the legendary F-117 Nighthawk, few suspected that similar ...

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The Forgotten Giants of the Sky: Fairey’s Passenger Airliner Designs from the Late 1930s to the Late 1940s. Part 2
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All parts of the article   A postwar opportunity? As the end of the war in Europe drew near, Fairey once again began to take an interest in ...

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The Last Breath of Piston-Engine Aviation. The Tu-80—The Final Chapter in the History of Soviet Piston-Engine Bombers
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In the postwar years, the Soviet aviation industry was undergoing a rapid transition from piston engines to jet propulsion. At this historic turning point, ...

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British Pre-War Ultralight Aircraft: The Comper Streak Racing Plane
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All articles in the series A vintage article from the January 1977 issue of *Aeroplane Monthly* that I think will be of interest to readers and ...

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The History of External Tail Structures: From World War II Research to SpaceShip III. Part 4
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All sections of the article Zoom Out A separate line of innovation began in 1998 when Patrick Peebles adopted a cross-flow fan as part of the wing ...

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A flying boat that could have changed the history of aviation. Why did the Bartini A-57 strategic bomber never take to the skies?
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In the mid-1950s, when the world was gripped by the specter of a nuclear standoff, Soviet aircraft designers were seeking unconventional solutions for ...

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British Prewar Ultralight Aircraft. The CLW Curlew Light Aircraft
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All articles in the series A vintage article from the February 1977 issue of *Aeroplane Monthly* that I think will be of interest to readers and ...

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