For decades, Soviet aviation pushed the boundaries of what was possible, launching an array of ambitious designs into the skies, from pioneering jet fighters to colossal transports. Yet, beneath the ...

The idea of a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft existed long before jet aviation. It became practical only after the arrival of turbojet engines in the late 1940s. Even then, it took years of ...

The Soviet Union lasted a mere sixty-nine years (the Spitfire has been flying longer), but in that time produced some of the largest, fastest, toughest and most agile aircraft ever created. Even now, ...

The A-4 Skyhawk was designed as a small and nimble dogfighter—the same design principles used for Soviet aircraft, making it useful as a stand-in. The aircraft people remember from the film Top Gun is ...