Posts Tagged ‘aviation’

Premier soleil d’avril en bourgogne, et ce n’est pas un poisson d’avril…! Premier vol du Spitfire MK19, et surtout le laché de Bernard Charbonel sur ce magnifique avion, one of the last of the many… Merci Christophe. Ecoutez les passages du spit avec un bon sound system stereo ou un bon casque headset, et la [...]

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Reginald J. Mitchell developed a racing seaplane, the Supermarine S6B, which won the Schneider Trophy on 13th September, 1931. During the contest the aircraft reached 340 mph (547 km/h). In 1934 the Air Ministry announced that it was looking for a new fighter plane. Mitchell, whose company was now part of Vickers Aviation, decided to [...]

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24/10/2009 by admin

Reginald J. Mitchell developed a racing seaplane, the Supermarine S6B, which won the Schneider Trophy on 13th September, 1931. During the contest the aircraft reached 340 mph (547 km/h). In 1934 the Air Ministry announced that it was looking for a new fighter plane. Mitchell, whose company was now part of Vickers Aviation, decided to [...]

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22/10/2009 by admin

The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley-Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force and squadrons from [...]

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