The Myth of the Aviator and the Flight to Fascism
Colin Cook looks at the political, philosophical and cultural impact of the idea of aviation in the first half of the 20th century.
Aviation
The Kamikaze Mindset
Albert Axell recalls the era of the Japanese Kamikaze pilots.
Birth of Charles Lindbergh
The American aviator was born on February 4th, 1902.
The Soviet Airforce Versus The Luftwaffe
A.D. Harvey assesses the role of the Soviet Air Force in the defeat of Nazism.
The Spitfire Legend
Taylor Downing and Andrew Johnston seek the truth behind the legend of the Spitfire.
Wings
Michael Paris looks at pioneering 1920s film about war in the air over the Western Front, the passions it aroused and the genre it created.
Women Aviators in Pre-War France
In the years after the First World War, aviation became the most exciting form of transport, the spirit of a new age; but for French women, as Sian Reynolds explains, it was also a paradigm of their struggle for equality.