In the interwar years, air travel was a niche mode of transport for the wealthy. Enormous strides in aviation technology during the Second World War enabled larger aircraft, greater ranges and cheaper

MICHAEL TURNER, WHO died last year on 1 December, aged 91, was a towering figure in motorsport and aviation art. He spent his early years in Harrow and was obsessed with all things aeronautical, exten

A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT TOOK TO FLY BRITAIN’S MOST ICONIC FIGHTER

Q I think this may be my late grandmother, Amy Ethel Parker, born in 1890 – I found the photograph among her things. I know she worked in the Royal Flying Corps’ stores during the First World War. Pau

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This robust, pugnacious aircraft dominated the skies and became the premier carrier-based fighter of the Pacific War