This short documentary looks at the Heinkel He 100, one of the fastest fighter aircraft of World War II. It explains how innovative cooling and aerodynamics pushed its performance beyond most ...
The top speed of the fastest operational fighter was less than 360 mph when the war started. By 1945, this had increased by an astonishing 300mph. Knowing that ‘speed was life’, some designers packed ...
Aviation saw massive developments during the Second World War. The world went from refined planes that wouldn’t be out of place in the First World War to jets in the span of a few short years. Today, ...