Delights from the Hush-Kit aviation archives
As our creaking librarian navigates the dust we take you to the darkest recesses of our archives. Abandon hope (of not getting distracted for an hour).
DANGER: the following article contains links to distracting aviation articles that may seriously affect today’s productivity.
A is for Arsenal VB 10 and Aurora (spyplane) , Antonov An-225 (most powerful planes), An-2 and Airshow review. And AESA (RBE2)
B is for Beyond- visual range combat (top ten fighters) , Worst British Military Aircraft and most Boring planes and (myth of) Bermuda Triangle
C is for Convair Model 49, Cars (relationship with aircraft design) and conspiracy theories
D is for Douglas A2D Skyshark
E is for expensive (ten most expensive aircraft in production) and English Electric Lightning (flying and fighting in)
F is for French (10 worst French aircraft), Fashion (versus aircraft camouflage) , Fictional (top ten fictional aircraft) and Fiat G.95 supersonic VSTOL fighter
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G is for German (best-looking German aircraft)
H is for helicopter (ten coolest cancelled helicopters) and Hawker P.1154
I is for interview, (stealth-guru Bill Sweetman, supercar design genius Peter Stevens and British fighter test pilot Dave Eagles) and Italian Fighters (A history of). And Indian air power.
J is for Japanese (best-looking Japanese aircraft) and Jump Jets (the top ten)
K is for Kafka (read his airshow review here)
L is for Lockheed Martin F-35 and Latin-American aeroplanes (the most attractive ten) . oh, and Lyulka AL-21. It’s also for lies (10 lies about aircraft)
M is for Mixmaster (Douglas XB-42) and Mirage (Dassault)

Douglas XB-42A in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo)
N is for Northrop Grumman LRSB analysis and North American Na-335 ‘F-15’
O is for Outbreak of World War II (Best fighters in service)
P is for Phantom (interview with Royal Navy pilot), Pacifist (guide to warplanes) and Piston-Engined Fighters and the word Plane (is right to use it?)
Q is for QF target drones and Quiz
R is for Rafale (versus Typhoon) and Recce Fighters
S is for Spitfire, Dismantling the myth , Swedish aeroplanes (top ten) and an interview with a Super Sabre pilot and Syria (RAF in). Also for swept forward wings.
T is for Typhoon and Typhoon versus Su-35
U is Undercarriages (ten most whacked-out examples)
V is for Vampire (de Havilland), Valiant B2 and Viggen
W is for Westland Wyvern and worst carrier aircraft
X is for XC-12 and X-planes (worst)
Y is for Y-shaped tail (The strange story of the Planet Satellite)
Z is for Zero How the A6M won the Battle of Britain
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Reblogged this on My Forgotten Hobby and commented:
Nice ideas for model building some of them…
An 225 link doesn’t work.
Reblogged this on The Arts Mechanical and commented:
B is for Bear, T is for Tupolov.