Grumman avenger

The failed high-altitude fighter that proved crucial to the liberation of Europe as a deadly ground-attack aircraft

Nearly 30 years after giving them up, the RAF is poised to reacquire air-dropped nuclear weapons

The first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan by an American B-29 bomber, preceding the country’s capitulation in WWII. Here navigator Theodore Van Kirk recalls his experience of the day that changed history

At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare

None of us plans to be caught in a gale, but if it happens then both the boat and the crew must cope. Jake Kavanagh speaks to Jester Challenge skippers and asks how they get ready for stormy weather

Light, fast, simple to launch and easy to sail – that’s the new BayCruiser 21, says David Harding