The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is one of the most produced fighters in history, yet only a tiny number of pilots today are qualified to fly it. The reasons reach far beyond age and rarity, rooted instead in ...

One of the few pilots still cleared to fly the Bf 109 explains why this WWII fighter is both thrilling and unforgiving. With 1,400 horsepower pushing against a narrow landing gear, even taxiing and ...

Humanity achieved flight a mere decade before the outset of World War I in 1914, and pioneers did not take long to press the revolutionary new science into service. The first fighter pilots fought in ...

Yet it soon became evident that the greatest danger to Israeli pilots came not from enemy fighters and flak, but from the Avias themselves. To begin with, the S-199’s narrow landing gear made the ...