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‘I absolutely love this book. Seriously well-informed, seriously funny, authoritative and full of passion for its subject. The care lavished on aeroplanes that never even existed beyond the drawing board is worth the price of admission alone. Joe Coles always finds a fresh angle on a familiar subject, but he’s even better bringing to life an unfamiliar one. Or just letting imagination run riot with unlikely flights of fancy that still somehow manage to ring true. Every word and every picture in The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes has been chosen with a knowledge, enthusiasm and attention to detail that’s irresistible. No one writes about aviation like Joe Coles. We’re lucky to have him. The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes is my aviation book of the year.’

– Rowland White

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Rowland White Shares the Saga of the Mosquito in Britain’s Lost Race to Mach 1

Mosquito mothership and Mini-Miles during Operation NEPTUNE ‘One of those flashes of genius that can change the course of history.’ –Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown Hush-Kit Aviation Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. If General Hap Arnold was feeling at all jaded, the…

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The Mosquito Origin Story

Speed, Walthamstow and Heroin Chic A man bombs around Crystal Palace on one of Britain’s first motorcycles. He created both the bike and the engine. A couple of years later, he lives in Walthamstow and is busy designing some of Britain’s first buses. He borrows £500 from his dad to make an aeroplane (and a…

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An introduction to Mosquito Month from Al Murray

How very British. And you know exactly what I mean by that. To officially open Mosquito Month on Hush-Kit, we hand you over to the Pub Warlord himself, historian, comedian and drummer, Al Murray. “I am not a fan of overpraise, hype, too much buzz. Something in it makes me baulk, refuse the hurdle. Whole…

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Top 10 Torpedo Bombers of World War II

Charge of the foam-sprayed maniacs Of all air force missions, torpedo bombing was the most perilous; In 1942, the RAF estimated a crew had only a 3% chance of surviving a 2nd tour. The reason was simple: they flew low and relatively slowly along a predictable path towards often-fiercely defended ships, yet they were also…

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