Why Was The UK's Fairey Battle Called A "Flying Coffin"?
The Fairey Battle, a British-built single-engine light bomber aircraft, was conceived by the Fairey Aircraft Company and ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Thomas-Morse MB-3
This aircraft was among the earliest interwar aircraft of the United States armed forces and was the primary fighter (pursuit) aircraft of the US Army Air Service during the early to mid 1920s and ...
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Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
The interwar years saw vast improvements in aviation. Aircraft became more powerful and capable of more extended range, higher speeds, and increased armaments. Monoplanes replaced the bi- and tri ...
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Full Steam Ahead: The Trains of Interwar Poland
From Luxtorpedas to a poem by Julian Tuwim, from Polish film success to the Narty-Dancing-Brydż, trains were a huge part of Poland’s Interwar period. Glitzy, speedy (in some cases even more so than ...
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The Westland Lysander was Britain’s First Spy and STOL Plane
It had been first envisioned in 1934 as an army cooperation aircraft, an interwar concept of an airplane capable of supporting ground units in a multirole capacity (artillery spotter aircraft ...
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Polish Cinema's Golden Age: The Glamour & Progress Of Poland's Interwar Films
The Polish Interwar period was one of energy and charm. Technological progress met a nation bursting with an enchanting diversity, which presented its glories most clearly on the silver screen. Polish ...