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The aircraft for today is the Blackburn Firebrand that made was designed to serve the British Royal navy as their single-engine aircraft for strike missions. The aircraft was inducted into the service of the Royal Navy’s FAA (Fleet Air Arm) and the company behind the creation of this aircraft was Blackburn Aircraft that developed it during the World War II era. The initial plan for the Blackburn Firebrand was to be designed purely as a fighter but following its unimpressive performance and coupled with replacement of the Napier Sabre piston engine compelled the air ministry to allocate this aircraft as…

The aircraft we present today is the Fairey Gannet which was the carrier borne aircraft that was developed for the British Royal Navy to serve after the World War II era. The aircraft was part of the Royal navy’s FAA (Fleet Air Arm) and was developed by the company known as Fairey Aviation Company. The Fairey Gannet was a monoplane with mid wing design that had a tricycle undercarriage along with ability to be operated by 3 crew members. As for the engine installation, it houses a double turboprop engine for driving its 2 contra-propelling propellers. The Fairey Gannet was…

The aircraft for today is the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod which served the United Kingdom as their Maritime Patrol aircraft that was developed in the UK. The aircraft was built after doing massive modifications on the design of de Havilland Comet which was the world’s very first jet airliner. The aircraft was originally designed by the de Havilland’s successor company named Hawker Siddeley and then the later work on its maintenance as well future development was carried out by BAE System and British Aerospace. The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod was designed upon a response of Royal Air Force’s need to replace their…

The Junkers Ju 87 or also simply known as Stuka was the German air force’s dive bomber and the ground attack fighter plane which was designed by a designer named Hermann Pohlmann.  The aircraft took its first flight back in 1935 and was entered into service back in 1937. The aircraft was entered in the Condor Legion of Luftwaffe and took part in the Spanish Civil War as well as served for the Axis powers during World War II. The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka was recognizable with its gull wings and the spatted undercarriage along with the Jericho Trumpet being…

The aircraft for today is the one that was not designed entirely as a program of its own, instead was a revision of an existing aircraft. The name for the aircraft is Douglas A-24 Banshee which was a modified version of the US Navy’ dive bomber designated as Douglas SBD Dauntless. The Douglas A-24 Banshee was created after the US Army saw the need for a dive bomber during their warring campaigns and after seeing through many dive bombers, they settled upon the SBD Dauntless. The aircraft after being modified and designated as Douglas A-24 Banshee served the US Air…

The aircraft we preset today holds the title for being the largest Russian military cargo transport aircraft. If you have not guessed it by now, then let us tell you, it is the Antonov An-124 Ruslan which has the NATO designation Condor. The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is the strategic airlift quad jet that was designed back in the 1980s by the company named Antonov Design Bureau working in the Ukraine SSR and then in USSR. For the last 30 years before the Boeing 747-8F made its first flight, the Antonov An-124 Ruslan held the title like being the heaviest gross…

The aircraft for today is a fighter aircraft from the World War II-era which served mainly the American Air Force at that time along with many Allied nations. The name of this aircraft is Curtiss P-40 Warhawk which was a single-engine and a single-seat and an all-metal fighter developed or ground attack missions. The first prototype of this aircraft took its first flight back in 1938 and entered the service shortly after that. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was redesigned and modifications were carried out on the design of Curtis P-36 hawk which marginally reduced the time span of development as…

The aircraft for today is the Chengdu J-10 which is also known by its Chinese name of Vigorous Dragon or better from its NATO designation of Firebird.  This is a lightweight and a multirole fighter jet that is able to perform in all-weather conditions. The company behind the creation of the Chengdu J-10 is the CAC (Chengdu Aircraft Corporation) which developed the aircraft for service of the PLAAF (People’s Liberation Army Air Force). Other than China, the aircraft is also operated by Pakistan under the designation FC-20 Vanguard. Origin and Development:- The aircraft started several years even before it was…

The aircraft for today is designated as BAC Strikemaster which was used a light trainer aircraft as well as a light attack fighter that was designed by the British Aircraft Corporation as a cheap alternative to training aircraft. The origin of the BAC Strikemaster rises from the Percival Provost; a lightweight jet engine training aircraft that flew at the start with a radial piston engine. The aircraft was designed for the budget-conscious world nations for their aircraft where a dedicated trainer pilot could be armed for low-level missions of counterinsurgency. This is the reason that the BAC Strikemaster saw the…

The aircraft for today is the Blackburn Buccaneer which happens to be a carrier born aircraft that served the British Royal Navy. The name of this aircraft is Blackburn Buccaneer which was designed back in the early 1950s and was initially produced by a company named Blackburn Aircraft that was located in Borough. The aircraft was later named the Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer but after getting the Blackburn name for so long, that name just got stuck to it even after Blackburn Aircraft became part of the Hawker Siddeley Group. The main reason for creating the Blackburn Buccaneer was to be…