The term ‘Little friends’ was first coined by the USAAF 8th air force bomber crews during the Second world war. This came about when they were met by the Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters to escort them on their raids over Europe, supporting the success of the mission. This support from ‘Little friends’ can also be applied to Concorde. The project was so revolutionary, a number of smaller aircraft were used to test and research various aspects of the design...
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From 104 feet to 152 feet, back to 124 feet and all points in between, the Douglas DC-9 and its derivatives the McDonnell -Douglas MD-80/90 series and Boeing 717 was a very flexible design, even allegedly lending itself for use by the Chinese in developing their Comac ARJ21 airliner. With its long range DC-8 airliner in production Douglas took a look at the short to medium haul market and came up with the twin Pratt and Whitney JT-8 engined DC-9, first flying as the 10 series...
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Today saw the first IWM Duxford flying day of 2021, which gave us the perfect opportunity to put on our own...
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Our new virtual tour of Concorde, both inside and out, is available now on the Apple Store or Google Play.
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