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Blue Steel

Continuing our series on British aerial weapons, Ian Bott and Chris Gibson get under the skin of Avro's Blue Steel air-launched nuclear stand-off missile, which was arguably – and paradoxically – both too advanced and too late

Right System, Wrong Location?

By December 1941 the USA could boast a world-class early-warning and defence system in one of its most strategically vital overseas territories – unfortunately not Hawaii, but the Panama Canal Zone, as Bill Cahill relates

A320: The Great British Breakthrough

In the 1980s the Airbus A320 narrow-body airliner single-handedly revived the fortunes of Britain's civil aerospace industry. Professor Keith Hayward FRAeS explains the politics behind why it nearly didn't happen

Ces Hommes Magnifique: Henri Jourdan

Jean-Christophe Carbonel's series on those magnificent Frenchmen who tried – and often failed – to further the cause of early aviation across the Channel continues with the eccentric life (and bizarre death) of Henri Jourdan

Combat Bullseye Pt 1

Digging deep into the archives, Chris Gibson opens a two-part series on the USAF's 1967 trials of SAC's mighty B-58 Hustler as a prospective tactical bomber in Vietnam

Sheep's Clothing

Swedish aviation historian Jan Forsgren describes the surprisingly long career of the Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe in Sweden, where it was used as a map-survey platform

Mr Armstrong's Stepping Stones Pt 2

Ralph Pegram’s two-part series on Edward Armstrong's ambitious scheme to develop a chain of mid-Atlantic "Seadromes" concludes with the Canadian's determined – but ultimately fruitless – efforts to make a success of it

Fox Two!

On May 1, 1982, British and Argentinian air assets "mixed it" for the first time over the Falklands. Mariano Sciaroni uses first-hand accounts to trace the events of the late afternoon, in which RN Sea Harriers and Argentinian AF Mirages met in combat for the first – and last – time

Austria's Single-seat Vampires

Leif Hellström takes a look at Austria's short dalliance with a pair of ex-Flygvapnet single-seat J 28A Vampires in 1956

The Maple Leaf Airline Pt 1

In the first half of a new series on the genesis and evolution of Trans-Canada Air Lines, Maurice Wickstead sets the scene with the story of Canada's early bush operators

Pushing the Envelope: Hawker P.1052

In 1952 Royal Navy test pilot Lt T.G. Innes evaluated P.1052 VX272 for the RAE; we present his report verbatim

Beery's Capital Adventure!

In July 1923 Sqn Ldr Geoffrey "Beery" Bowman made the first flight between the capitals of Baghdad in Iraq and Tehran in Iran; Andrew Thomas presents his recollections

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