The F & W C 3605 Schlepp target-tug began life as a fighter bomber during the Second World War and ended it as a target tug in 1987. Developing nation: Switzerland. Manufacturer/designer: Swiss Federal Aircraft […]
The Bombardier 415 (formerly Canadair CL-415) is a Canadian amphibious aircraft purpose-built as a water bomber. It is the only aircraft designed and built specifically for aerial firefighting and is based on the company’s CL-215 […]
The Northrop B-2A “Spirit” flying-wing (Stealth Bomber) is designed to penetrate enemy air defenses and to attack strategic targets, with nuclear bombs and stand-off weapons. Nation origin: United States of America Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman Task: […]
In service since 1955, the Boeing B-52 is a dinosaur in the USAF still doing its duty. Developed in the early 50’s, making its first flight April 15th 1952, destined to be the major long […]
The B-29 was the first effective long distance bomber in the world en was designed from 1940 as model 345 to fill the need of the US Army Air Core’s plan for a ‘hemisphere defense’ […]
What the Flying Fortress was for the USAF, that was the AVRO Lancaster for the RAF. The RAF Lancasters flew the night missions in the second World War to Germany. It was a dangerous job, […]
Fokker delivered a total of 36 G-1’s to the Dutch Air Force, they were numbered from 300 to 335. The 36 aircraft were divided over two ‘afdelingen’: 3 JaVA and 4 JaVA. At the outbreak […]