The Tupolev Tu-4
Perhaps one of the most important aircraft in Soviet aviation history, the Tupolev Tu-4 holds an irreplaceable position in the development of Soviet aviation. The Tu-4 provided the Soviet Union with...
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Few aircraft in the history of aviation have as nationally diverse of a background as the A300, the Airbus Industry’s first aircraft. One of the better-selling aircraft of the second-half of the 20th...
View ArticlePiaggio P.108
One aircraft that may stand out in the annals of Italian aviation is the Piaggio P.108 bomber of the Second World War. As most Italian aircraft of that period were at best obsolescent or inferior to...
View ArticleNakajima G5N and G8N
Two aircraft that had been forgotten in most of the history books of aviation, the Nakajima G5N Shinzan (Mountain Recess) and the Nakajima G8N Renzan (Mountain Range) are as unique as they are unknown....
View ArticleNakajima G5N and G8N
“Nakajima G8N war booty” by Unknown – http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/7586031302/in/set-72157630610709398. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons –...
View ArticleDouglas TBD Devastator
An innovative airplane when it entered carrier service in 1937, the Douglas TBD Devastator was already obsolete at the United States’ entry into the Second World War. The aircraft was intended to...
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