1970 Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge N007
The Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge The Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge is an unusual curiosity from the depths of the cold war, the CIA and MI6 doubtless…
Planes
TobyRich Moskito – Smartphone App Controlled Airplane
The TobyRich Moskito is a $49.98 USD remote controlled airplane that you pilot using an iPhone, iPad, or Android smartphone. It wasn’t that many…
Documentary: The Immortal Beaver – The World’s Greatest Bush Plane
The Immortal Beaver – The World’s Greatest Bush Plane is a documentary that covers both the history of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver,…
Spitfire Pen – Made From An Original Spitfire Propeller
The Spitfire Pen is a creation of the Hordern Richmond Aircraft Company, they’ve been in business since 1937 when the company was founded by…
Documentary: The DC-3 – The Plane That Changed The World
The Douglas DC-3 is remembered as one of the most important aircraft of the 20th century – largely because of the way it revolutionised…
Documentary – Chuck Yeager: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Chuck Yeager is now 94 years old, and amazingly he’s very active on Twitter – where his famously fearless personality is on full display,…
1960 USAF Training Film – Dogfighting In Jets
This original USAF training film from 1960 gives a 20 minute introduction to the art of dogfighting in fighter jets – otherwise known as…
Sopwith Dove Biplane
The story of the Sopwith Dove cannot be told without first talking about the Sopwith Pup – the Dove being the far less common…
Documentary: Flying the Lindbergh Trail in the Pan Am Clipper
Flying the Lindbergh Trail runs approximately an hour in length, it (unsurprisingly) follows Charles Lindbergh’s journey down the length of Central and South America in…
How to Fly the B-25 – 1944 USAAF Training Film
This is the original United States Army Air Forces training film for trainee pilots of the North American B-25 Mitchell – a tough-as-nails bomber…
Documentary: The Last African Flying Boat
The Last African Flying Boat is a vintage documentary covering the recreation of an aerial tour from Egypt to South Africa by flying boat….
Documentary: Blackburn Buccaneer – The Full Story
The Blackburn Buccaneer was developed in the 1950s as a carrier-borne strike aircraft with a long range – capable of carrying a nuclear payload…