Sukhoi T-4 – The Russian Valkyrie

Sukhoi T-4 – The Russian Valkyrie

The American XB-70 Valkyrie was a one of a kind aircraft when North American Aviation displayed it for the first time. On the other side of the pacific, the other super power was building an own supersonic strategic bomber. This Soviet aircraft – the Sukhoi T-4...
Mach 3 Bomber Valkyrie

Mach 3 Bomber Valkyrie

We have seen many military aircraft (and a few civilians) capable of flying at supersonic speed. Few have flown faster than Mach 2 and even fewer have gone past the three-times-the-speed-of-sound level. But the aircraft that you will be reading about in this article...
MiG-41 – A new Mach 4+ fighter?

MiG-41 – A new Mach 4+ fighter?

The new Mikoyan interceptor The Russian military aircraft design bureau Mikoyan Gurevich has since the 1940’s been building many famous military aircraft, some of the aircraft being real stallions in terms of speed. Two of these are the MiG-25 and the MiG-31 which has...
The giant Bomber of the 30’s – Kalinin K-7

The giant Bomber of the 30’s – Kalinin K-7

Even though speed, firepower and endurance have all been regarded as important factors of an aircraft, there is one feature that has always been regarded as cooler than most others – Size. Ever since we were small we have always wanted the largest possible of...
US and Russian military Aircraft – Full comparison

US and Russian military Aircraft – Full comparison

There are a lot of very capable military forces in the world. You may think that the two greatest (biggest in terms of forces, not budget) ones should have very common features that have made them so very successful, but that is not it. Not at all. The US and Russian...