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Interviews with pilots of everything from Rafales to Shackletons and Viggens. Top 10s, aviation history, analysis, humour and news — plus deep-dive features. Many Hush-Kit articles are FREE, just sign up: hushkit.substack.com — and please share if you can :-)

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The 12 Warplanes That Won the Second World War... ..and we stand by the choice for the number 1 slot

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8 ways the Hurricane was better than the Spitfire 8 ways the Hurricane was actually superior to its pretty comrade-in-arms.

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Interviews with pilots of everything from Rafales to Shackletons and Viggens. Top 10s, aviation history, analysis, humour and news — plus deep-dive features. Many Hush-Kit articles are FREE, just sign up: hushkit.substack.com — and please share if you can :-)

Top 10 Ship-killing Planes of the Second World War The Deadliest Aerial Predators of the World’s Oceans

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Top 10 Ship-killing Planes of the Second World War The Deadliest Aerial Predators of the World’s Oceans

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I use quotes from the same Winkle review in the article.

Who are you quoting? Ha ha ha

The Case For the Lavochkin La‑7 Being The Greatest Fighter of the Second World War Hellfire, snow and blood

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The Case For the Lavochkin La‑7 Being The Greatest Fighter of the Second World War Hellfire, snow and blood

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Thanks Spencer

Stalemate: Why the Sukhoi Su-75 Was Always Bullshit and Will Never Happen Russia's Low Accountability Light Fighter

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Stalemate: Why the Sukhoi Su-75 Was Always Bullshit and Will Never Happen Russia's Low Accountability Light Fighter

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Mosquito Night Intruder Missions Audacious Covert missions alone over enemy territory, and my father, the teenage intruder

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The Case for the Spitfire Being the Greatest Fighter of the Second World War That Mitchell & Smith Look

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Four images of 1950s British aircraft used in printers adverts in trade magazines from the same period.

@hushkit.bsky.social Random aeroplane use in my Dad’s collection of 50s printing trade mags.

Caudron CR714C1 in Finnish Air Force markings. One of six delivered to Finland after the Soviet invasion. This aircraft is one of two survivors of a troubled design.

Photo of the nose of a MiG-17 Fresco fighter in Polish air force markings outside Krakow aviation museum.

RF-4E Phantom Jet of the US Air Force displayed in a hangar at Krakow Aviation museum.

Early Yak-23 fighter in Krakow Aviation museum. An unusual aircraft replaced quickly by the MiG-15. According to Wiki 316 were built before production ended in 1951.

@hushkit.bsky.social A few shots from Krakow Aviation museum.

The Case for the Spitfire Being the Greatest Fighter of the Second World War That Mitchell & Smith Look

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Why India Must Rethink Its Air Defence Europe, Not Russia, Holds the Answer

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Thanks for the review of the latest article: "As an aerodynamicist for 20odd years, 'the mullet' is quite possibly the best description of the desirable characteristics of a laminar flow section." Story here: hushkit.substack.com/p/the-theory...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Brad & Gannet

Thanks for the review of the latest article: "As an aerodynamicist for 20odd years, 'the mullet' is quite possibly the best description of the desirable characteristics of a laminar flow section." Story here: hushkit.substack.com/p/the-theory...

The Theory, the Myths, and the Few Fighters That Truly Achieved True(ish) Laminar Flow Mullets, stealth and which other Second World War Fighters Achieved This Holy Grail?

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The Theory, the Myths, and the Few Fighters That Truly Achieved True(ish) Laminar Flow Mullets, stealth and which other Second World War Fighters Achieved This Holy Grail?

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