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2014-05-02

GAR Aviation Feature – 80 years of the Fairey Swordfish




Kieran Lear posted: "Kieran Lear looks back at the history of the venerable Swordfish as it celebrates its 80th birthday, an outdated design as the Stringbag was it still served valiantly and went on to out live its predecessor. When one usually associates Allied aerial warfa"

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Aviation Feature – 80 years of the Fairey Swordfish

by Kieran Lear
Kieran Lear looks back at the history of the venerable Swordfish as it celebrates its 80th birthday, an outdated design as the Stringbag was it still served valiantly and went on to out live its predecessor.









Video: "Recruiting workers for aircraft manufacturing during World War II - Theatre short 4 - Ella73TV"




Wright Aeronautical released a number of short newsreel advertisements during World War Two in an effort to recruit workers for aircraft manufacturing. The newsreels often highlighted the roles of female workers. .
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Video: "The last F100 Super Sabre flight F-100"




F100 Super Sabre flight F-100 is the last and only flying in the USA. They are preparing to take off. The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979.