The aircraft

This website contains illustrated profiles of the Avro Lancaster and Avro Vulcan bombers, Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighter aicraft and the British Aerospace Hawker trainer. Each profile contains information on each aircraft, including its design, development and production; the aircraft's technical specification; operational history and where you can see these aircraft. There are also interesting facts and figures about each aircraft and links to websites where you can find out more information. Each profile is illustrated with three photographs; please click on any of these to see a larger vesion of each photograph. Click on any of the aircraft silhouettes below to access each illustrated profile of these British 'aviation icons'.

Aircraft profiles

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  Avro Lancaster
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  Avro Vulcan
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  British Aerospace Hawk
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  Hawker Hurricane
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  Supermarine Spitfire