Series 8 aircraftThe Boeing B-17 'Flying Fortress' was designed as a large, multi-engine bomber with substantial defensive armament. First used in combat with the RAF in 1941, where it carried out bombing raids in France. Later variants like the B-17G proved more effective and it gradual..
Series 8 aircraft - re-introduction , new schemesThe Wellington was a long range medium bomber designed and developed for the RAF during the 1930s at Vicker's Brooklands factory. Using the fabric-covered geodetic lattice structure originally developed by Barnes Wallis for airships, the airfram..
Series 8 aircraftOne of the most important aircraft of the early jet era, the North American F-86 Sabre was in many ways a jet powered version of the company's hugely successful P-51D Mustange from WWII and an aircraft which made full use of captured German aerodynamic research material. ..
1:48 ScaleOn entering service with the U.S Air Force in 1949, the North American
F-86 Sabre would have the distinction of not only being America’s first
swept wing fighter, but also the fastest fighter aircraft in the world
at that time, a true aviation classic...
Series 9 aircraft - new schemesFollowing a short but intense period of training, the volunteer group of crack airmen who made up the new RAF No.617 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton on the night of 16th/17th May 1943. It was the start of the most audacious bombing raid in history.  ..
Series 9 aircraft - re-introductions, new schemesThe Gloster Meteor could be regarded as Britain's jet powered equivalent of the Spitfire, the first of a new breed of fighter which would go on to patrol Britain's skies for many years following its squadron introduction in July 1944.The later F8 vari..
Series 9 aircraft - New schemes, new partsProving the old adage 'if it looks right, then it is right' the Hawker Hunter was a thing of aviation beauty, streamlined and cultured, but a deadly fighting aeroplane at heart. Underlining the Hunter's adaptablity, the FGA.9 variant was developed in r..
Series 10 aircraft - re-introduction HMA.8 / Mk.88A / Mk.90BThe Westland Lynx is a British multi role helicopter that has seen service in both land based army forms as well as ship based naval variants. Entering service in 1977, the Lynx has since seen many upgrades and improvements thro..
Series 11 aircraft. Re-introduction, new pack illustration.The Valiant was the first of the RAF's V Bomber trio to enter service. The most conventional of the three designs, it was also the first to drop bombs in anger against Egyptian airfields during the Suez campaign. It was als..