Avro Rota
By 1934, the autogyro form of aircraft, developed by Señor Juan de la Cierva, a Spaniard, was sufficiently advanced for the Royal Air Force to order a …
Collection: Aircraft
British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F6
The Lightning was the Royal Air Force’s first truly supersonic aircraft and its introduction immediately doubled maximum speeds in Fighter Command. Such a major advance called for …
Douglas Dakota
The Douglas C47, known as the Dakota in the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth services, became the world’s best known transport aircraft. The type saw widespread use …
Handley Page Halifax II
The Halifax shared with the Lancaster the major burden of Bomber Command’s night bombing campaign against Nazi Germany but unlike the Lancaster, which only served as a …
Hawker Siddeley Hunter F6A
The Hunter is remembered by its pilots as a delight to fly, and served with 22 air arms world wide. A single seat fighter, 415 Hunter F …
Messerschmitt Me 410A-1-U2
The last in a series of twin engined ‘destroyers’ manufactured by Messerschmitt, the Me410 was used by the Luftwaffe in a variety of roles. The origins of …
Short Sunderland MR5
By the start of World War Two in September 1939 three squadrons had been equipped with the Sunderlands. Seven hundred and forty-nine Sunderlands were built, and they …
Vickers Varsity T Mk I
The Varsity was a versatile twin piston-engined aircraft brought into RAF service in 1951 for crew training as a replacement for the Wellington T10. The aircraft had …
Avro Vulcan B2
The Vulcan was the world’s first large bomber to employ a delta-wing form, which offers a unique combination of good load carrying capabilities, high subsonic speed at …
British Aircraft Corporation TSR 2
Although never developed beyond the prototype stage, the British Aircraft Corporation TSR2 was one of the most exciting and controversial British combat aircraft designs of the 1960s. …
Douglas Dakota C47 (Parts only)
The Douglas C47, known as the Dakota in the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth services, became the world’s best known transport aircraft. The type saw widespread use …
Handley Page Hastings
The Handley Page Hastings replaced the Avro York as the Royal Air Force’s standard long-range transport from 1948. Two squadrons of the new aircraft served alongside the …
Hawker Tempest V
The Tempest was one of the most powerful high performance fighters to see operational service in World War Two and extended the boundaries of piston-engined powered flight. …
Mignet Flying Flea
This aircraft was designed by Henri Mignet in the early 1930s to be built at home. It is of tandem wing design and could use a variety …
Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low IV
Forty-four of the Sikorsky S-65/HH-53C ‘Super Jolly Green Giant’ (officially known as the Stallion) entered service from August 1968. This was a medium-lift long-range Combat Search and …