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British Military Biplanes: 1912–19 The human ambition to fly was brought to fruition famously by the Wright brothers in 1903. Just five years later...

Preserved Aircraft of the World: Rest of the World The appeal of vintage aircraft lies in its social and military history and the engineering and e...

Ukrainian Armour and Fighting Vehicles Prior to the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia was believed to have one of the largest and most e...

Douglas C-124 Globemaster II: Long Beach’s Long Reach The C-124 served the United States Air Force for 25 years, delivering cargo and passengers to...

Preserved Aircraft of the World: Europe The appeal of vintage aircraft lies in its social and military history, the engineering and evolutionary in...

Imperial Roman Army: 30BC–284AD In 30BC, Emperor Augustus swept to power in Rome, bringing government under the control of a single person. Augustu...

London Underground: The Northern Line Identified in black on the London Underground map, the Northern line cuts north to south through the capital...

Dassault Rafale Manufactured by Dassault Aviation in France, the Rafale was designed to replace an ageing fleet of aircraft for France’s Air Force,...

Dan-Air Dan-Air began almost by accident: with an aircraft received for a loan payment that wasn’t honoured. With the means to fly aircraft parts ...

Rail Freight: Eastern England Between the Humber estuary, the gateway to the North Sea at the region’s northernmost point, and the port of Felixsto...

Rail Freight: London and the South East The last four decades have seen many changes in rail freight patterns, as small-scale operations requiring ...

Hellenic Air Force The Hellenic Air Force is one of the most powerful in Europe. With 37 helicopters, 343 fixed-wing aircraft including 206 fighter...

British Rail Shunters: The Final Years By the beginning of the 1990s, the variety that once characterised British Rail’s (BR) shunter fleet had all...

Mahan Air With 70 aircraft in its service and 34 of them currently airworthy, Mahan Air is Iran’s largest and most successful airline, transporting...

Monarch Airlines Monarch Airlines was founded in June 1967 and began operations from Luton Airport in April 1968, using two Bristol Britannias to f...

Alexander Dennis Buses Three of the best-known names in the history of British bus building, Alexander, Dennis and Plaxton, have survived the uncer...

Seattle Stratotanker Veterans: Boeing Non-Tanker Variants The C-135 series, along with its civilian counterpart, the Boeing 707, emerged on to the ...

With its cranked wing and vulture-like looks the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber came to symbolise the terror of the German Blitzkrieg. In the earl...

Born in the 1950s when the Cold War was rapidly escalating, the subsonic Blackburn Buccaneer was designed as a carrier-borne strike aircraft, which...

Seattle Stratotanker Veterans: Boeing KC-135 Variants The first KC-135A was rolled out on July 18, 1956 – nearly 70 years ago – and, amazingly, hal...

The thirteenth annual Hornby Magazine Yearbook is here in hardback format and offers a spectrum of modelling features including a full tour of Brit...

Space Shuttles In the aftermath of six Moon landings, and in a giant leap of faith with a largely reusable launch system, NASA pinned all its hopes...

Class 73s Built in the 1960s, the Class 73s were primarily used on the Southern Region, owing to their ability to operate from either a diesel engi...

Low-Floor Single-Deckers In the 1980s, a new breed of accessible bus was being developed, with stepless entrances and flat floors. These were firs...