RAF Rescue Launch 4820113082306

RAF Rescue Launch 4820113082306During the Second World War, the danger of losing large numbers of aircrew forced to ditch in the seas around the British Isles was very real, resulting in the creation of the Royal Air Force Sea Rescue Service, operating under the motto The sea shall not have them. Using vessels designed by the British Powerboat Company and utilising racing boat technology, this service was all about speed, with the Type Two 63ft HSL Whaleback being arguably their

The P-39 Airacobra is one of the most interesting and innovative fighters of World War II - Bell designers equipped it with a front wheel

even though the two are very different aeroplanes

quickly earning a reputation for practicality and reliability

it's thought that the adoption of invasion makings significantly reduced numbers succumbing to incidents of friendly fire on that momentous day

Miura and Diablo in their back catalogue and have succeeded once again with the Huracán

the new aircraft was initially referred to as the Typhoon Mark II

whilst it entered service back in 2006 as a dedicated air superiority fighter

when the Orion capsule will embark on a lunar flyby

Incredibly

The first production Hurricane Mk IIA went into action in September 1940

the Boeing 314 Clipper was produced to allow passengers and cargo to travel across the vast expanses of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

888 FAA Squadron from carrier HMS Formidable