SAS. Say the name quietly. Formed at the height of World War Two, the Special Air Service has come to define the idea of the super soldier. Held in...

B-17G Flying Fortress The B-17 Flying Fortress was conceived by the well-known US aviation designer and manufacturer Boeing during the 1930s, princ...

Over the years there have been many classic cars, but few have the same iconic status as the Mini. Launched in 1959 as a small, affordable family v...

Travis Air Force Base: The USAF’s Transport Superbase in Action Travis Air Force Base, situated in Fairfield, California, is the “Gateway to the Pa...

Japan’s Railways: Hokkaido to Chubu Japan’s first railway opened between Tokyo and Yokohama in 1872. Its railways were nationalised in the early 19...

Airliners of South and Southeast Asia With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of more than 4.6 billion people, Asia has a...

Airliners of East and Central Asia With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of more than 4.6 billion people, Asia has a ma...

East Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage The East Coast Main Line (ECML) runs from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley, with branches to Leeds...

Republic F-105 Thunderchief: Operations in Southeast Asia When the Air War against North Vietnam began in earnest on March 2, 1965, the United Stat...

F-111: Fort Worth Swinger At the time of its introduction into service, the F-111 was a revolutionary aircraft and was, without doubt, extremely p...

London Bus Routes One by One: A10–X140 This fifth and final London bus routes volume looks at the route numbers with letter prefixes. They derive f...

German Tanks of World War Two In World War Two, the German army deployed a wide variety of tanks in many different variants and with many forms of...

Avro 748 The 748 was a highly successful commercial airliner, and since the 1960s had been the go-to aircraft to open new air routes in many corner...

Japan’s Railways: Kinki to Kyushu At the start of the Menji Era, Japan emerged from its years of self-imposed isolation and quickly modernised. Par...

Douglas DC-3 NOTE: Previously published as Aeroplane Classic Airliner: The Douglas DC-3. Although many early aircraft were designed to carry passen...

The British Army can justifiably lay claim to being the first branch of the nation s military to dabble with flight. Experiments with gas balloons ...

British Fighters of the 1970s and ’80s Two of the RAF s most memorable aircraft are the English Electric Lightning and the McDonnell Phantom. The ...

North Korean Aviation: An Eyewitness Account In 2016, North Korea hosted its first airshow and invited foreign visitors to watch. Unlike most airsh...