That Concorde formation made me stare for at least 30 seconds. Comet is beautiful, Concorde is epic, but I just love this thing:

It is among my favourite aircraft too, but honestly, Jaguar’s time was due. Without FLIR or radar, it was becoming obsolete in a force that was moving towards the multirole aircraft. It is important to consider that RAF originally wanted to replace Jaguar by the early 90s with the new variants of Harrier and Tornado,…

When she realises what has her father done to her sister Lancia.

So does that mean that Alfa Romeo Giulia was named after Giulietta’s grandmother?

VC10 in any configuration! It’s the sexiest airliner of all times:

Thanks for the great reply!

Thanks for answering! So what was it like on the very long patrols? From the viewpoints of comfort and not going insane.

Great photos, but why post the Gnat from the Hot Shots? Here are some action shots:

That was good read, this and the Libya related post.

I wonder how would that perform at low level; otherwise, it would’ve shared the fate of the XB-70. And speaking of the late 50s, I would like Hawker’s P.1121 or 1103:

Would you have rather flown that than the S-3?

Your arguments are too apologetic.

Especially the Germany. Their Air Force is a joke.

TSR.2 - one of the largest what ifs of the Cold War era:

It was meant to be a part of my original post, but the edit button disappeared by the time I thought of it.

Please tell me you are joking! Trident aside, the way they have reduced the UK’s armed forces after the 2010 review is nothing short of sabotage or pure ignorant idiotism. Blair government’s reviews were done far more methodically and with the long term thinking

Wouldn’t it be better to use Fiat’s money in something that actually has a connection with production cars; something like WEC?

I knew they had hydrofoil FAC’s but I haven’t seen that one before. What is it?

Damn you, SDSR, DAMN YOU!!!!