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Nazi Germany’s ‘Arado’ jet bomber was incredible but too little, too late

The bomber’s incredible speed was a double-edged sword; during its few meaningful combat operations in 1944 and 1945, it ...
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Recon Spitfire: "A hairy beast to fly"

The Spitfire Mk. XIV carried 2,050 hp and a five-blade prop. Pilots said torque made takeoffs hard to hold straight.

A P-59 test pilot’s gorilla mask and cigar launched America’s Jet Age

To understand why Woolams's story and the Bell P-59 Airacomet is so fascinating, it helps to understand just how revolutionary jet propulsion was during World War II. By the early 1940s, the airplane ...