Aviation Classics – Alenia Aermacchi
Read Now In 1912, Guilio Macchi founded Aeronautica Macchi on the shores of Lake Varese in Lombardy. The new company was to produce [...]
Aviation Classics – Dassault Mirage III/5
Read Now In 1952, the French Government began studies to develop an advanced interceptor. This aircraft was to reach 59,000 feet (18,000m) in [...]
Aviation Classics – Northrop F5 Freedom Fighter
Read Now This issue of Aviation Classics moves forward into the 1960s with an iconic Cold War jet fighter that was to become [...]
Aviation Classics – Messerschmitt Bf 109
Read Now This issue of Aviation Classics takes a leap back to the Second World War and what is arguably the greatest piston [...]
Aviation Classics – SAAB – 75 Years of Defence and Security
Read Now From the first deliveries of the Saab 17 bomber and reconnaissance aircraft in 1942, Saab (Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget) was to become [...]
Aviation Classics – The Hawker Hurricane
Read Now This issue tells the story of the Hurricane and its crews from inception to war career. Two UK fighters have gone [...]
Aviation Classics – Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Read Now On January 27, 1939, Lockheed test pilot Ben Kelsey took the prototype XP-38 Lightning into the air for the first time. [...]
Aviation Classics – Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Read Now Born out of the US Navy’s Naval Fighter Experimental programme, the Tomcat first flew in December 1970 and was instantly recognised [...]
Aviation Classics – Chance Vought F4U Corsair
Read Now “Hose Nose”, “Hog”, “The Sweetheart of the Marianas”, “The Angel of Okinawa”, “Ensign Eliminator”, “U-bird”, “Bent Wing Bird” and “Whistling Death”, [...]
Aviation Classics – Harrier
Read Now Aviation Classics takes a leap forward in time this month as we trace the history of one of the most remarkable [...]