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Documentary: The DC-3 – The Plane That Changed The World

Ben Branch November 12, 2017
  • American
  • Design
  • Planes

The Douglas DC-3 is remembered as one of the most important aircraft of the 20th century – largely because of the way it revolutionised…

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Documentary – Chuck Yeager: Breaking the Sound Barrier

Ben Branch November 5, 2017
  • American
  • Films
  • Planes

Chuck Yeager is now 94 years old, and amazingly he’s very active on Twitter – where his famously fearless personality is on full display,…

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1960 USAF Training Film – Dogfighting In Jets

Ben Branch October 1, 2017
  • American
  • Films
  • Planes

This original USAF training film from 1960 gives a 20 minute introduction to the art of dogfighting in fighter jets – otherwise known as…

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Sopwith Dove Biplane

Ben Branch August 31, 2017
  • British
  • Planes

The story of the Sopwith Dove cannot be told without first talking about the Sopwith Pup – the Dove being the far less common…

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Documentary: Flying the Lindbergh Trail in the Pan Am Clipper

Ben Branch August 13, 2017
  • American
  • Films
  • Planes

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…

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How to Fly the B-25 – 1944 USAAF Training Film

Ben Branch August 6, 2017
  • American
  • Films
  • Military
  • Planes

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…

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Documentary: The Last African Flying Boat

Ben Branch May 28, 2017
  • British
  • Films
  • Planes

The Last African Flying Boat is a vintage documentary covering the recreation of an aerial tour from Egypt to South Africa by flying boat….

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Documentary: Blackburn Buccaneer – The Full Story

Ben Branch March 26, 2017
  • British
  • Films
  • Planes

The Blackburn Buccaneer was developed in the 1950s as a carrier-borne strike aircraft with a long range – capable of carrying a nuclear payload…

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The Skyrunner Flying Buggy

Ben Branch March 17, 2017
  • American
  • Gadgets
  • Planes

Meet The Skyrunner The Skyrunner is the world’s first flying buggy – thanks to its ram-air parafoil wing which can be attached ready for flight…

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1930’s Continental Radial Engine Coffee Table

Ben Branch January 17, 2017
  • Art
  • Design
  • Home
  • Planes

This maybe the first and only time that many of us will ever get genuinely excited about a coffee table. Largely because it’s a…

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Aluminium Spitfire

Ben Branch December 2, 2016
  • British
  • Military
  • Planes

This aluminium Spitfire model measures in at 60.5cm long x 75.5cm wide x 17cm high, and it’s been designed to either sit on its…

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1:5th Scale Model: US Navy Boeing PT-17 Stearman

Ben Branch September 16, 2016
  • American
  • Gear
  • Planes

The Boeing PT-17 Stearman started production in 1934, over 10,000 were made in the lead up to WWII and the majority of American and…

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