In late 1944, the German Air Ministry organised what it called an 'Emergency Fighter Competition' intended to produce designs for quick-to-build yet technically and tactically effective jet fighter aircraft capable of tackling the anticipated arrival of the B-29 Superfortress ov…
In late 1944, the German Air Ministry organised what it called an 'Emergency Fighter Competition' intended to produce designs for quick-to-build yet technically and tactically effective jet fighter aircraft capable of tackling the anticipated arrival of the B-29 Superfortress ov…
As Europe plunged into World War II, Hitler ordered the development of a hi-tech secret weapon capable of taking the war across the Atlantic--the Messerschmitt Me 264. Chosen from designs for an "Amerika Bomber" tendered by Messerschmitt, Junkers, and Focke-Wulf, this ultra-long…
TSR2: Britain's lost Cold War strike jet
by Tooby, Adam, Brookes, Andrew
fromX-planes (Osprey Publishing)
"TSR2 is one of the greatest 'what-if' aircraft of the Cold War, whose cancellation still generates passion and controversy. Designed as a supersonic, STOL-capable, all-weather strike jet, which could also be outfitted as a state-of-the-art photographic and radar reconnaissance …
Orville and Wilbur Wright, two bicycle-making brothers from Dayton, Ohio, secured their place as the most famous names in aviation history when, on December 17, 1903, they made the first powered, controlled, and sustained heavier-than-air flight. But their success over the cold …
"Of the many futuristic military aircraft concepts created in the 1950s the North American XB-70 still stands out as the most awe-inspiring. With its huge, white partially-folding delta wing, its fuselage resembling a striking cobra and its extraordinary performance, it was one …
North American XB-70 Valkyrie
by Tooby, Adam, Luijken, Wiek, Davies, Peter E.
fromX-planes (Osprey Publishing)
Even before the spectacular success of its X-1 rocket-powered aircraft in breaking the "sound barrier," the adventurous Bell Aircraft Corporation was already pushing ahead with a parallel project to build a second aircraft capable of far higher speeds. The X-2 (or Model 52) expl…
Dornier Do 335
by Forsyth, Robert, Tooby, Adam, Luijken, Wiek, Schatz, Simon
fromX-planes (Osprey Publishing)