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Inside the British spy plane that a Russian fighter pilot tried to shoot down
A top secret RAF spy plane shown being threatened with destruction by a Russian fighter jet has been likened to an ‘electronic hoover’ because it sweeps up so much information. The giant ...
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Plane-spotters to get warning letter over RAF base
A number of aircraft enthusiasts will be issued with anti-social behaviour warning letters for straying outside a designated viewing zone at an RAF base, police have said. Plane-spotters ...
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Doomed WW2 RAF Mosquito's engine restored for new memorial to our flying heroes
The aircraft crashed on Aran Fawddwy Mountain, Dolgellau, Merionethshire, Wales on Wednesday February 9, 1944 during daylight hours during a test flight from RAF Benson. Now one of its engines are ...
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The Westland Lysander was Britain’s First Spy and STOL Plane
Built by the now-defunct Westland Aircraft, the Lysander made its maiden flight on June 15, 1936, and made its official operational debut with the RAF in June ... 71 Blackbird spy planes of ...