The Supermarine Spitfire is the most famous and recognizable British airplane ever built and as close to immortal as any airplane will ever get. The Spitfire I first appeared in RAF squadron service in the summer of 1938. Harder to [...]
First appearing in 1935, the Hawker Hurricane was the first modern monoplane fighter to equip the RAF, and was one of only three RAF aircraft to operate in first-line service from the first day of the Second World War to the last. (The [...]
The Dornier Do-17 series was referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift ("flying pencil"), due to its narrow fuselage. The original story about the origins of the Do-17 was that it was designed as a fast mail plane with limited [...]