The Eurocopter EC 725 five bladed version of the Cougar was developed to meet a French Air Force requirement for a specialist helicopter for Combat Search & Rescue operations, and is similar to the civilian […]
The Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS is a demonstration Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle. The X-47B will become the first tailless, autonomous strike fighter-sized unmanned aircraft to launch from and land on an aircraft carrier. Developing nation: […]
The Aermacchi SF.260 is a light aircraft marketed as an aerobatics plane and a military trainer. The flight characteristics, performance and style of the SF-260 are second to none, making it a favorite not only […]
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter, designed for transportation of cargo, troops, and weapons during day, night, visual, and instrument conditions. The Chinook has served as the prime mover for […]
The Hunting H.126 was an English experimental aircraft designed and built by Hunting Aircraft in order to test the concept of blown flaps, or as they were known in Britain, “jet flaps”. The ‘jet flap’ […]
The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet ground attack aircraft. Developing nation: France and United Kingdom. Manufacturer/designer: SEPECAT. Production Lines: Velizy-Villacoublay France, Warton UK, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) license produced Jaguars for the Indian Air […]
The Westland Wasp was a British small first-generation, gas-turbine powered, shipboard anti-submarine helicopter. Produced by Westland Helicopters, it came from the same P.531 programme as the British Army Westland Scout (The Scout is the land […]
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois is a military helicopter powered by a single, turboshaft engine, with a two-bladed main rotor and tail rotor. The aircraft were used primarily to transport troops, for medical evacuations, cargo transport, […]
The British Aircraft Corporation Tactical Strike/Reconnaissance 2 (TSR-2) was an ill-fated Cold War strike aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the early 1960s. The TSR-2 project ran […]
A delta winged research aircraft which first flew on 10 October 1950 at Boscombe Down Airfield with Sqn Ldr Bob Smyth at the controls. Developing nation: United Kingdom. Manufacturer/designer: Boulton Paul/Dr S.C. Redshaw. Number built: […]
The Mosquito was probably the most versatile warplane of the second world war and most certainly a classic. The 7785 Mosquito’s build came from a initiative to build an airframe from a combination of triplex […]