Il-2 Shturmovik – The secret of the immortal flying tank of the Soviet Air Force
The Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik had a wingspan of 14.6 m, an empty weight of more than 4 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 6.2 tons. It was equipped witRead More…
Category: WW2
German V1 Flying Bomb instructional video
In 1942, the Luftwaffe, aware of the development of a long-range rocket by the German army, began intensive development of a rival weapon.The Flying RRead More…
The Plane Built for Hitler to Escape? – BV 238
Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of the Blohm & Voss Company was its celebrated BV 238 flying transport floatplane, which stood out among war mRead More…
The Forgotten Flying Wing…
The XB-35 flying wing could have only existed thanks to one man, Jack Northrop, a brilliant engineer who realized that aircraft design had gone in tRead More…
The Super Bazooka
The Wehrmacht’s early success during the first three years of World War II was largely due to its effective combination of infantry, armored vehicleRead More…
The Blackburn Beverly
The Beverly, A vintage British Giant of the air,explained by those that use to maintain it..Read More…
Dropping an Empty Plane as a Bomb – The Mistel
The Luftwaffe’s Mistel, or Mistletoe, was a unique German composite aircraft configuration used during the last months of World War II.Read More…
The Most Radical Fighter Experiment of WW2 – Northrop XP-56: The Black Bullet
During World War II, the United States put all its effort into strengthening its air forces, prioritizing the strangest ideas and proposals for fiRead More…
XP-67 Moonbat – The Experimental Fighter that Kept Catching on Fire
The little-known XP-67 Bat warplane prototype was the McDonnell Aircraft Company’s first attempt to enter the aviation industry before the United StatRead More…
