Great Britain has produced some of the most potent - and often beautiful - fighter aircraft ever flown. The pivotal moment in the story of the British fighter aircraft was the Battle of Britain in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1 GettyImages 1475583287 RAF Imperial War Museums Getty Images Britain’s survival in World War 2 depended on air power. At the ...

Twenty years prior to 1969 most air forces had been flying piston-engined fighters essentially no different from those of World War II. In the following twenty years, top speeds almost quadrupled and ...