World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...

Many experts consider it the best World War II fighter plane. -Conceived in just five years, the Mustang’s prototype, the NA-73X, was designed, built, and flown within 180 days. Initially ...

While the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane of the war, it was a versatile and highly capable craft used in various roles. Equipped with a Pratt and Whitney R ...

World War II saw a great deal of innovation in the area of fighter aircraft design and construction ... the P-35 wasn't the best fighter produced by the U.S. in the lead-up to WWII.

After all, it was the most famous fighter of the Battle of Britain, not to mention arguably Great Britain’s most famous fighter ever made (though the World War I Sopwith Camel also has a strong ...

Belly tanks were supplemental gas tanks strapped to World War II fighter planes to help boost their notoriously poor range. However, after the war, racers found another use for them. America's ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World ... the war progressed so did the Spitfire. After the original designer RJ Mitchell died in 1937, his successor Joe Smith developed the fighter ...

Belly tanks were supplemental gas tanks strapped to World War II fighter planes to help boost their notoriously poor range. However, after the war, racers found another use for them. America's ...

CHIKUZEN, Fukuoka Prefecture--A full-size replica of the rarest of Japan’s World War II fighter planes, the Shinden interceptor, has gone on display at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum here.