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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an aircraft that was developed by the Boeing as a four-engine propeller driven heavy bomber to serve for the US Army. The aircraft was primarily used by the US Air Force during World War II and the Korean War. This aircraft was amongst the largest aircraft that was sued during World War II era which features state of the art technology in both design and production. Even during the World War II era, this was built at a cost of 3 billion dollars making it the single most expensive aircraft in World War II. The…

The Vought F-8 Crusader originally designated as F8U is a single engine, supersonic carrier-based air superiority fighter jet that was developed by the “Vought” to serve for the United States Navy, the Marine Corps and the French Navy. The aircraft was designed to replace the Vought F7U Cutlass. The first prototype of this aircraft was ready for flight test back in February of 1955. The Vought F-8 Crusader was the principle aircraft for the US Navy and the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. The Vought F-8 Crusader was the last of the American jet fighters that were equipped with…

The Saab 35 Draken or more commonly known by its nicknames like “the Kite or The Dragon” is a Swedish aircraft that was developed by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab in between years 1955 to 1974. The Saab 35 Draken is regarded a one of the first fully supersonic aircraft to have been deployed in Western Europe. The Saab 35 Draken was developed in order to replace the first generation Swedish fighter jet aircraft the Saab J29 Tunnan and the Saab 32 Lansen. The aircraft was developed with an innovative design of double delta wing that allowed the Swedish engineers…

The Hawker Hunter is a transonic aircraft that was developed by the Hawker Aircraft to serve for the RAF (Royal Air Force); this is one of the earliest jet fighter aircraft that were developed for the RAF during the late 19840s and 1950s for RAF.  The aircraft was designed to be equipped with the newly built Rolls Royce Avon turbojet engine along with the swept wing design for air superiority. The aircraft was the first ever jet fighter o be developed by the Hawker Aircraft for the RAF. The aircraft flew for the first time ever back on September 7th…

The Gloster Meteor was the only jet fighter of Britain and the Allied forces to have ever participated in the aerial combat operations during the World War II. The development of this fighter jet heavily relied on the development of its turbojet engines that were developed by Sir Frank Whittle and his company named “Powers Jet Ltd.” The development of this aircraft started back in 1940 with the work on the engine design starting back in 1936. The very first flight taken by Gloster Meteor was back in 1943 and the commencement of its in-service operations started back in July…

The Grumman F6F Hellcat is a carrier-based American aircraft from World War II era. The aircraft was designed to replace the F4F Wildcat along with the intention to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. This aircraft served its purpose as the US Navy’s dominant fighter during the Pacific War. This aircraft was able to compete on par with the Vought F4U Corsair. The Grumman F6F Hellcat actually performed better than Corsair as it had troubles in making carrier landings. In the end, Corsair was used by the US Marine Corps for land-based carrier missions. The Grumman F6F Hellcat was powered…

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German fighter aircraft form the World War 2 era that served as the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s aerial air force. The first operational use of Messerschmitt Bf 109 started in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. The aircraft still managed to see the dawn of the jet age at the end of World War 2 in 1945. This aircraft was amongst one of the top fighters of its era with the following characteristics. all-metal monocoque construction  a closed canopy retractable landing gear The aircraft was powered by a liquid-cooled, inverted-V12 aero engine. The aircraft…

Ignorance is the cause of many fears about the things that we do not completely understand. This is the reason that many of the airlines and their employees freely share the information about the air travel and its risks. They also exampling as to why planes are magical beautiful things. Today we have decided to let our readers have the answers to a few of the questions related to the airplanes. So scroll down to have a read of these favorite questions of passengers answered by a pilot. How does someone access the cockpit if the door is blocked from…

The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a fighter jet developed by the Dassault Aviation; a French aircraft building company. This French fighter jet is a multirole and singe engine fourth-generation jet fighter that was designed by the French Air Force back in the 1970s. This aircraft was designed to replace the Mirage III of the French Air Force as a lightweight fighter. Since the initial design, there had been many variants of this aircraft built in the past 50 years and has been sold to a number of nations across the world. Dassault Mirage 2000 was further developed into Mirage 2000N…

Grumman F-14 Tomcat is the first American jet fighter that was built with twin tails. It is a supersonic, twin engine, twin tail and a variable sweep wing fighter aircraft which was developed for the US Navy’s Naval Fighter Experiment Program titled as VFX. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat was one of the Teen Series of fighter jets which were developed after comparing the air combat data against the MiG fighter jets during the Vietnam War. The very first Grumman F-14 Tomcat took its first flight back on December 21st, 1970 and entered in the US Navy back in 1974. The…