Tempest

From rapidly evolving roles to new technologies, historian and airpower expert John Curatola discusses how fighter planes shaped the Second World War

Our pick of the latest military history books

One of the best Soviet fighter planes of the Second World War, this aircraft also saved its design bureau

Fulfilling his dream, our writer takes the controls of a Spitfire, Britain’s most iconic aircraft, which first took to the skies nearly 90 years ago

Leading historians and authors share their thoughts on what book, film or documentary you should read or watch next

The end of Bristol Cars was both tarnished and unseemly. Given that this was a marque formed over a perfectionist manufacturing ideal, the irony looks especially cruel. Let’s recap Bristol’s final cha