The most successful British jet fighter produced was without doubt the sleek and graceful Hawker Hunter. As usual for every new aircraft type it had its share of teething problems, but when these were all adequately solved in the U.K. had at that time one of the best jet fighters available. It was build in large numbers and exported to many countries.

When the B-58 Hustler bomber entered service in 1958 it was a very futuristic looking delta wing bomber creating a lot of sensation. Intended as a successor of the B-47 Stratojet it was capable of reaching twice the speed of sound.

However, development went not without problems and costs risings went so out of control that the whole project was almost cancelled a few times. Strategic Air Command was initially against ordering the B-58 for service, not only because of its complexity but also s...

The Blackburn Buccaneer was the first jet aircraft specially designed for flying very low under the radar at high subsonic speeds. It was developed in the fifties and entered service at the Royal Navy in 1962. Later it also flew as an attack bomber at the R.A.F. and it even played a role in the Gulf War in 1991 before being retired in 1994 after an operational career that spanned three decades...

The Fiat G.91 was an Italian jet fighter aircraft. It was the winner of the NATO competition in 1953 for a light fighter as standard equipment for Allied air forces. It entered in operational service with the Italian Air Force in 1961, with the West German Luftwaffe, in 1962,[and later with the Portuguese Air Force.

It was in production for 19 years. 756 aircraft were completed, including the prototypes and pre-production models. The assembly lines were finally closed in 1977. The Fiat G.91 ...

Aan het begin van de Eerste Wereldoorlog, stelde de LVA niets voor. De eerste militaire vliegtuigen, Farmans HF.20, waren eenvoudige constructies van hout, bamboe, linnen en spandraden. De motoren waren zwaar en hadden weinig vermogen. De prestaties waren gering. De eerste vliegtuigen waren onbewapend en werden in eerste instantie als lesvliegtuig en verkenner ingezet. Het aantal vliegtuigen was klein.

De LVA, en later ook de MLD, konden slechts zeer beperkt vliegtuigen kopen in het buitenla...

In Vreemde vogels op Schiphol staan foto’s centraal van bijzondere

vliegtuigen die Schiphol door de jaren heen hebben bezocht.

Voor het eerst wordt er aandacht besteed aan een ‘vergeten’ groep vliegers van

de Marine Luchtvaartdienst (MLD). Op 1 juli 1942 werd het MLD-detachement

omgevormd tot ‘321 (Dutch) squadron’ en overgeplaatst naar China Bay.

De Nederlanders waren gestationeerd op de Cocoseilanden, een eenzame

eilandengroep in de Indische Oceaan, ongeveer 700 kilometer ten zuidwesten

van Java.

... the Glen Martin company started in 1937 the design of the model I62. This was a design for a twin engine high-wing monoplane flying boat with an inverted gull wing. As power plant one of the most powerful air-cooled radial engine then available was selected: the Wright R-200-6 Cyclone of 1600 hp maximuum take-off power ...