Author: Colin Higgs

Possibly the most famous fighting formations of the Burma campaign during the Second World War were the Long Range Penetration Groups, more commonl...

One moment the sky would be full of aircraft wheeling and positioning for the best shot at the enemy; a sky full of danger and menace. The next ins...

It was Tuesday, 15 July 1919 and for the residents of Clifden on Ireland's west coast this was not to be a normal day. Just before 08.40 hours, des...

The world got a little smaller in July 1949 when the first jet-powered airliner took to the skies barely four years after the end of the Second Wor...

Today, as we board our flights to Adelaide, Zurich, and all points in between, we give little thought to the jet power that will take us there. But...

It was to be created for one man and one airline but became one of the best and most elegant aircraft ever to grace the skies. Howard Hughes was o...