However, also in common with its Heinkel counterpart, the Junkers bomber crews paid a terrible price in the skies over Britain; between July and October 1940, 303 of these planes were sent ...
Nazi Germany was thankfully on the losing end of the ledger during World War II, and as such, the Luftwaffe’s bombers didn’t reach the heights of fame that Allied bombers, such as the American B-17 ...
As we saw here last year, Spain was one of the operators of the Heinkel He-111 medium bomber, manufactured in Germany. This aircraft made its first flight on 24 February 1935 and was one of the main ...
The title of the BBC series brought back an odd sequence of memories - our own coal house in the back yard bore an image of Goofy. A strange place to put it - shortage of wartime artistic outlets, ...
On January 13, German test pilot Helmut Schenk became the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft using an ejection seat, when they lost control of their Heinkel He 280 experimental jet ...
The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) contributions to the Allied victory in World ...
Below are the details of the aircraft involved: UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter The Skikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is one of the most ubiquitous and iconic military helicopters, filling multiple roles for ...
The Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903, and a decade later, the first bomber took to the skies, a biplane that carried a dozen 10 lb. bombs. By World War II, bombers became some of the most ...
In a recent collaboration, Turbotech, Safran, and Air Liquide teamed up to validate the feasibility of using liquid hydrogen to power a turbine engine for light aircraft. Nearly a year ago to this ...