1918 Bristol F2B Fighter at the Shuttleworth Airshow

Marine Corps Pursuit Squadron ready for flight.

HMS Anson, with Wellington buzzing, near Shetland, 16 May 1943

First prototype Bristol 188 landing at Farnborough

U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper of VMM 362

The Hawker Typhoon entered service in 1941 as a replacement for the Hurricane.  It was fast and powerful, with over 2,000hp from it’s Napier engine, but it lacked the high altitude agility of the Hurricane or Spitfire, and so it’s role was changed to low-level interceptor, and then fighter-bomber.

The Typhoon was equipped with bombs in 1942 and rockets in 1943, and went on to be one of the most successful ground attack aircraft of WW2.

An F-102 Delta Dagger on display at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum, summer 2021

Swedish Air Force Saab 29 Tunnan

Also known as the Flygande Tunnan, or “flying barrel.” 

Photo: John5199 via Foxtrot Alpha